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Table 5 Health related quality of life among adolescents with CFS and HCs

From: Health related quality of life in adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome: a cross-sectional study

 

Scores, Mean (SD)

Scores, Mean (SD)

 

Adolescents with CFS

Healthy Controls

(n = 114)

(n = 36)

Overall HRQOLa

48.8 (13.0)

92.9 (8.2)

Physical health

36.5 (17.2)

96.0 (8.1)

Emotional functioning

59.8 (18.2)

88.1 (14.0)

Social functioning

70.0 (15.1)

97.8 (3.9)

School functioning

36.0 (18.8)

87.6 (13.9)

Psychosocial functioningb

55.4 (13.1)

91.2 (8.9)

  1. HRQOL was assessed by the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™, 4.0 (PedsQL)
  2. aSum score of all questions. bCombined score of emotional, social and school functioning. Total score and subscales scores are presented as mean values with SD