Table 7 Comparison of PedsQL 4.0 Argentinean Spanish scores of healthy children and children with chronic conditions

SCT ²

Mean (SD)

COPD ³

Mean (SD)

HIV/AIDS ⁴

Mean (SD)

Cancer

Mean (SD)

ESRD ⁵

Mean (SD)

CCC ⁶

Mean (SD)

Differences ⁷

72.72

(14.21)

66.87

(16.74)

0.011

71.64

(17.13)

58.54

(15.8)

71.31

(17.07)

65.16

(15.45)

65.29

(19.96)

68.98

(15.22)

SCT, HIV > COPD*

75.42

(15.93)

67.76

(19.60)

0.004

74.24

(17.08)

58.16

(19.84)

74.58

(18.05)

60.98

(19.44)

67.17

(1.32)

72.03

(15.84)

SCT, HIV > Cancer* SCT > COPD** HIV > COPD***

71.20

(14.84)

66.36

(17.49)

0.028

70.10

(18.51)

58.76

(16.43)

69.52

(17.69)

67.57

(6.46)

64.07

(7.45)

67.32

(7.04)

NS⁸

82.19

(12.97)

73.36

(16.09)

< 0.001

75.46

(15.99)

69.61

(18.29)

79.32

(13.3)

71.39

(14.79)

66.92

(18.8)

74.61

(13.52)

HIV > COPD, ESRD*

86.20

(12.27)

74.67

(20.06)

< 0.001

77.13

(17.44)

67.85

(23)

83.98

(14.23)

69.92

(18.82)

66.83

(26.28)

79.49

(15.78)

HIV > COPD, Cancer, ESRD*** CCC > COPD*

79.91

(14.96)

72.41

(16.45)

< 0.001

74.46

(17.89)

70.38

(18.47)

76.74

(14.77)

72.24

(16.34)

66.93

(16.53)

71.57

(14.02)

NS⁷