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Table 3 PedsQL 4.0 Argentinean Spanish Administration: Socioeconomic status, education and requirement of help to complete PedsQL in children with chronic conditions and their parents

From: Initial validation of the Argentinean Spanish version of the PedsQL™ 4.0 Generic Core Scales in children and adolescents with chronic diseases: acceptability and comprehensibility in low-income settings

 

Required Help1

 

No help

Minimal

Significant

p-value2

Living below poverty line

    

Children

69 (47%)

41 (29%)

32 (23%)

0.025

Parents

122 (65%)

53(28%)

14 (7%)

0.026

Low education

    

Children (lower than expected)

22 (40%)

16 (29%)

17 (31%)

0.008

Parents (incomplete elementary school)

17 (53%)

10 (31%)

5 (16%)

0.030

Low income and low education

    

Children

18 (42%)

12 (28%)

13 (30%)

0.049

Parents

12 (44%)

10 (37%)

5 (19%)

0.001

  1. 1Minimal help: < 4 times, Significant: ≥ 4 times during questionnaire administration or could not complete questionnaire. 2Chi-square test