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Table 4 Comparison of PedsQL™ total, summary, and subscale scores at follow-up, thin child outcome status groups.

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

 

Fever

Any Functional Impairment

Return to Healthcare

 

7 days

< 7 days

P -value

7 days

< 7 days

P -value

Yes

No

P -value

Proportion with Outcome

12.0%

88.0%

--

22.3%

77.7%

--

18.5%

81.5%

--

PedsQL™ Scores at FU (mean ± SD)

         

Total Score

76.1 ± 22.4

88.2 ± 3.1

.011

76.4 ± 18.2

89.2 ± 2.9

< .001

73.8 ± 9.4

89.5 ± 1.9

< .001

   Physical Summary

71.1 ± 22.3

85.7 ± 19.6

.166

70.9 ± 28.4

87.8 ± 17.6

.014

68.5 ± 29.8

87.1 ± 18.0

.024

   Psychosocial Summary

80.6 ± 20.5

89.7 ± 11.6

.180

80.1 ± 16.3

90.1 ± 13.5

.005

77.4 ± 17.6

91.1 ± 10.6

.006

Emotional

81.8 ± 18.8

87.4 ± 15.3

.273

75.4 ± 18.3

89.8 ± 13.8

< .001

75.2 ± 20.9

89.6 ± 13.3

.014

Social

83.5 ± 24.6

96.7 ± 8.4

.106

89.2 ± 19.0

95.7 ± 13.9

.148

88.2 ± 20.8

97.0 ± 8.1

.106

School

65.7 ± 38.4

75.2 ± 24.1

.432

64.6 ± 33.1

72.8 ± 27.6

.375

56.3 ± 36.9

76.9 ± 23.0

.088

  1. Abbreviations: FU, follow-up; SD, standard deviation