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Table 3 PedsQL™ 3.0 acute cancer module Child Form at T2 (n = 12)

From: Effect of dexamethasone on quality of life in children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: a prospective observational study

 

Dexa + Mean (SD)

Dexa – Mean (SD)

Effect size1

p2

Total

67.7 (15.4)

73.6 (12.0)

-0.38

NS

Pain

45.8 (23.4)

67.0 (30.5)

-0.70

0.04

Nausea

75.0 (24.2)

71.4 (21.0)

0.15

0.04

Procedural Anxiety

77.8 (26.0)

78.0 (23.9)

-0.01

NS

Treatment Anxiety

86.8 (22.6)

88.7 (20.8)

-0.08

NS

Worry

62.5 (26.2)

75.6 (18.3)

-0.5

0.02

Cognitive

56.3 (24.9)

73.1 (15.5)

-0.67

0.01

Perceived physical appearance

60.4 (22.2)

63.7 (16.9)

-0.15

NS

Communication

72.2 (32.8)

71.3 (27.9)

-0.03

NS

  1. Higher scores indicate a better QoL
  2. 1 Effect size = negative effect size indicates worse QoL in the group on dexamethasone. Positive effect size indicates better QoL in the group on dexamethasone: 0.2 ≤ d < 0.5 = small effect; 0.5 ≤ d < 0.8 = moderate effect; d ≥ 0.8 = large effect.
  3. 2 Wilcoxon signed ranks test