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Table 1 Number of respondents, mean duration of child and family outcomes following the emergency department visit, and Spearman's Rho correlation between duration of outcomes and total PedsQL™ scores at follow-up (FU).

From: Health-related quality of life for pediatric emergency department febrile illnesses: an Evaluation of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ 4.0 generic core scales

Outcome

N

Mean Duration of Outcomes (days, 95% CI)

Spearman's Correlation: Duration and PedsQL 4.0 at FU (95% CI)

Fever*

92

4.53 (3.90–5.15)

-.290 (-.494 to -.085)

Child Functional Impairment

   

   Abnormal Activity*

94

3.38 (2.85–3.91)

-.412 (-.588 to -.237)

   Abnormal Oral Intake*

95

3.27 (2.49–3.59)

-.367 (-.556 to -.178)

   Abnormal Sleep*

95

3.04 (2.49–3.59)

-.400 (-.584 to -.216)

   Abnormal Behavior*

95

3.41 (2.88–3.94)

-.475 (-.634 to -.315)

Missed Daycare/School

69

2.49 (1.85–3.13)

-.348 (-.560 to -.137)

Caregiver Missed Work/School

83

1.48 (0.94–2.02)

-.107 (-.323 to +.109)

Family Disruption

96

4.78 (3.77–5.80)

-.427 (-.592 to -.262)

  1. *Caregivers were asked if the child had returned to normal for each outcome; if the child had returned to normal, the days they remained abnormal was then asked.
  2. † Outcomes were adjusted to include subjects impaired at FU in the analysis, with the days to FU telephone call assumed as the final day of impairment.