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Table 1 Characteristics of the patients

From: Health-related quality of life in children with cystic fibrosis: validation of the German CFQ-R

 

Whole sample

n = 136

Test-retest sample

n = 20 (subgroup)

Benchmarking population n = 293

Age of the child in years (mean)

10.2 (SD 1.9)

(range 6-13)

9.6 (SD 2.6)

(range 6-13)

9.8 (SD 2.3)

(range 6-13)

FEV1 (mean)

86% (SD 19)

(range 31-125)

81% (SD 21)

(range 41-109)

94% (SD 20)

(range 31-159)

Percentage of children with FEV1>80%

68%

50%

80%

WH (mean)

97% (SD 12)

(range 68-141)

94% (SD 9)

(range 78-108)

99% (SD 12)

(range 68-146)

Percentage of children with WH >90%

74%

65%

80%

Boys

55%

75%

49%

Mother completing CFQ-R-Parent

71%

85%

 

Father completing CFQ-R-Parent

27%

15%

 

Other person completing CFQ-R-Parent

1%

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  1. FEV1 forced expiratory volume in one second in % predicted
  2. WH weight for height in % predicted
  3. Benchmarking population: Population of children with cystic fibrosis assessed in a project that was initiated to improve the quality of care for patients in Germany. The project was described by Stern et al. [2]