Table 5 Parent Proxy-Report: Means and Standard Deviations for the PedsQL™ 4.0 Generic Core Scales by Disease Category.
Total Score | Physical Health | Psychosocial Health | Emotional Functioning | Social Functioning | School Functioning | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |
Asthma | |||||||
Mild Intermittenta | 206 | 86.90 (13.23) | 88.80 (14.37) | 85.86 (15.63) | 85.60 (17.84) | 88.43 (17.26) | 83.02 (20.97) |
Mild Persistentb | 68 | 76.77 (16.23) | 76.15 (21.40) | 77.11 (16.74) | 74.54 (20.58) | 82.23 (18.71) | 75.00 (22.76) |
Moderate to Severe Persistent c | 63 | 69.88 (16.82) | 64.76 (21.93) | 72.65 (18.10) | 69.84 (22.30) | 76.85 (24.80) | 71.39 (23.34) |
Differences | a > b, c***; b > c* | a > b, c***; b > c** | a > b, c*** | a > b, c*** | a > c*** | a > b*; a > c** | |
Cancer | |||||||
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemiaa | 170 | 71.29 (18.11) | 71.20 (22.54) | 71.35 (17.90) | 67.57 (19.97) | 77.00 (20.40) | 68.03 (22.51) |
Brain Tumor b | 249 | 66.21 (19.22) | 65.17 (25.24) | 67.01 (18.89) | 67.34 (21.11) | 68.43 (23.92) | 65.12 (23.53) |
Newly Diagnosed On-Treatment¤ | 180 | 66.95 (19.85) | 65.00 (26.26) | 68.19 (18.25) | 63.26 (20.70) | 75.58 (20.08) | 63.61 (24.03) |
Long-Term Survivor Off-Treatment > 12 months§ | 94 | 73.64 (18.72) | 74.80 (24.08) | 72.95 (18.07) | 72.93 (19.94) | 76.28 (21.71) | 68.87 (23.08) |
Differences | a > b**;§ > ¤** | a > b*; § > ¤** | a > b*; § > ¤* | § > ¤*** | a > b*** | _____ | |
Cardiac | |||||||
Disease Severity Group 1 a | 82 | 88.06 (12.04) | 93.03 (10.39) | 84.98 (14.63) | 81.05 (19.23) | 91.38 (14.19) | 80.86 (17.88) |
Disease Severity Group 2 b | 143 | 80.50 (15.13) | 84.32 (18.39) | 78.28 (15.58) | 75.78 (20.12) | 84.55 (18.73) | 72.68 (19.54) |
Disease Severity Group 3 c | 93 | 78.62 (16.21) | 81.86 (18.63) | 76.92 (17.57) | 74.50 (20.97) | 81.66 (20.40) | 72.46 (20.36) |
Disease Severity Group 4 d | 108 | 73.42 (18.11) | 75.37 (21.35) | 72.41 (18.49) | 70.10 (21.29) | 76.17 (22.09) | 68.68 (23.22) |
Differences | a > b**; a > c, d***; b > d** | b > d**; a > b**; a > c, d*** | a > b*; a > c**; a > d***; b > d* | a > d** | a > c**; b > d**; a > d*** | a > b*; a > d** | |
Cerebral Palsy | |||||||
Hemiplegiaa | 49 | 57.67 (20.00) | 55.72 (25.78) | 58.94 (19.45) | 62.19 (21.71) | 55.92 (24.02) | 57.26 (22.56) |
Diplegiab | 67 | 54.03 (15.87) | 47.02 (22.15) | 58.01 (15.97) | 63.31 (19.32) | 53.88 (20.29) | 56.39 (20.40) |
Paraplegiac | 73 | 44.78 (15.30) | 31.88 (27.19) | 52.00 (14.80) | 61.31 (17.61) | 48.29 (20.62) | 45.24 (19.65) |
Differences | a > c***; b > c** | a > c***; b > c** | _____ | _____ | _____ | a, b > c** | |
Diabetes | |||||||
Type 1 a | 226 | 77.31 (14.12) | 82.38 (17.82) | 74.53 (15.17) | 69.11 (18.64) | 82.33 (18.78) | 71.87 (19.11) |
Type 2 b | 78 | 74.71 (14.01) | 81.06 (15.64) | 71.28 (15.77) | 69.47 (18.26) | 77.21 (20.70) | 67.42 (20.14) |
Differences | _____ | _____ | _____ | _____ | a > b* | _____ | |
End Stage Renal Disease | |||||||
Transplanta | 45 | 75.57 (17.75) | 78.38 (24.65) | 74.14 (17.50) | 75.67 (18.36) | 78.56 (22.20) | 66.06 (18.53) |
Peritoneal Dialysisb | 19 | 68.07 (15.02) | 68.40 (20.01) | 67.97 (14.79) | 62.11 (17.90) | 73.42 (17.95) | 69.30 (16.21) |
Hemodialysisc | 31 | 61.94 (17.70) | 62.52 (23.45) | 61.69 (17.23) | 62.74 (19.79) | 66.13 (19.27) | 56.21 (25.62) |
Differences | a > c** | a > c* | a > c** | a > b, c* | a > c* | _____ | |
Gastrointestinal Conditions | |||||||
Irritable Bowel Syndromea | 122 | 74.82 (14.27) | 78.68 (15.83) | 72.72 (15.30) | 66.19 (19.61) | 82.54 (17.34) | 69.35 (20.48) |
Functional Abdominal Painb | 82 | 73.65 (12.23) | 77.70 (15.41) | 71.49 (12.87) | 65.49 (16.59) | 79.94 (15.20) | 68.93 (17.99) |
Organic Disordersc | 82 | 68.75 (16.97) | 70.31 (18.82) | 67.95 (18.03) | 63.41 (21.30) | 77.33 (21.29) | 63.13 (20.96) |
Differences | a > c* | a > c* | _____ | _____ | _____ | _____ | |
Obesity | |||||||
Severely Obesea | 105 | 63.30 (19.20) | 63.60 (24.00) | 63.10 (18.60) | 60.90 (21.70) | 67.20 (26.10) | 61.40 (21.50) |
Obeseb | 63 | 75.00 (14.50) | 76.30 (17.60) | 73.90 (15.30) | 72.60 (17.80) | 73.50 (17.30) | 76.60 (17.00) |
Overweightc | 294 | 80.00 (13.60) | 82.60 (17.20) | 76.10 (14.40) | 74.90 (15.80) | 82.30 (16.10) | 78.40 (17.10) |
Differences | b, c > a***; c > b** | c > b**; c > a***; b > a** | b, c > a*** | c > a***; b > a** | c > a***; c > b** | b, c > a*** | |
Psychiatric Disorders | |||||||
Attention-Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disordersa | 107 | 65.80 (13.50) | 80.30 (16.20) | 58.00 (15.40) | 54.90 (18.70) | 59.10 (22.50) | 59.80 (17.80) |
Anxiety Disordersb | 57 | 66.00 (14.20) | 80.30 (17.60) | 58.20 (15.10) | 46.80 (16.70) | 66.30 (25.70) | 62.00 (17.80) |
Mood Disorders c | 29 | 65.70 (11.70) | 79.20 (17.80) | 58.60 (12.30) | 49.10 (16.90) | 66.20 (18.40) | 60.60 (16.70) |
Pervasive Developmental Disorders d | 28 | 61.50 (13.10) | 76.30 (22.00) | 53.70 (12.40) | 53.70 (14.00) | 47.20 (20.20) | 61.40 (15.80) |
Differences | _____ | _____ | _____ | a > b** | _____ | _____ | |
Rheumatology | |||||||
Systemic Lupus Erythematosusa | 18 | 75.25 (17.69) | 70.16 (25.35) | 78.00 (15.67) | 72.50 (21.71) | 83.61 (16.79) | 78.53 (17.30) |
Spondyloarthritisb | 33 | 73.63 (18.20) | 70.08 (27.65) | 75.49 (15.31) | 75.00 (17.94) | 81.09 (19.17) | 70.61 (18.91) |
Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritisc | 124 | 73.48 (18.95) | 70.07 (24.07) | 75.36 (18.13) | 74.58 (19.89) | 76.73 (20.89) | 74.66 (22.50) |
Fibromyalgiad | 57 | 52.07 (15.17) | 43.37 (19.01) | 56.70 (16.41) | 48.95 (19.47) | 67.02 (19.70) | 53.77 (20.55) |
Differences | a, b, c > d*** | a, b, c > d*** | a, b, c > d*** | a, b, c > d*** | a, b, c > d* | a, b > d**; c > d*** |