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Table 2 Child self report health-related quality of life: effect sizes

From: Determining the longitudinal validity and meaningful differences in HRQL of the PedsQL™ Sickle Cell Disease Module

 

ED Visit

1 Week

1–3 Months

Domain

N

Mean (SD)

N

Mean

Effect Size

N

Mean

Effect Size

Sickle cell disease module

 Total Score

166

48.3 (15.87)

139

59.4

0.74

153

59.9

0.70

 Pain and Hurt

165

49.8 (18.89)

137

66.6

0.91

152

62.7

0.66

 Pain Impact

165

33.3 (19.53)

139

48.3

0.84

151

49.8

0.78

 Pain Management and Control

163

41.8 (28.24)

137

54.3

0.45

151

52.3

0.37

 Worry I

165

48.7 (23.75)

137

56.1

0.34

151

62.5

0.54

 Worry II

143

69.4 (28.17)

120

74.8

0.23

130

75.2

0.19

 Emotions

164

47.5 (34.51)

138

58.6

0.39

152

61.0

0.37

 Treatment

163

55.7 (20.54)

137

60.6

0.27

151

61.0

0.27

 Communication I

162

70.9 (27.55)

136

74.2

0.13

149

73.1

0.08

 Communication II

158

45.0 (28.96)

133

56.3

0.42

144

59.1

0.52

Fatigue module

 Total Score

157

53.8 (18.53)

134

61.0

0.41

144

62.1

0.47

 General Fatigue

158

52.0 (22.20)

135

60.0

0.39

145

64.0

0.54

 Sleep/Rest Fatigue

157

48.6 (20.65)

134

57.1

0.46

144

59.2

0.54

 Cognitive Fatigue

155

60.3 (26.29)

132

65.2

0.20

142

63.2

0.13

Generic module

 Total Score

154

59.2 (18.08)

132

67.2

0.49

141

67.7

0.47

 Physical Summary

155

55.7 (23.98)

133

64.7

0.43

142

66.5

0.42

 Psychosocial Summary

153

61.4 (18.07)

131

68.6

0.43

139

68.5

0.40

 Emotional Functioning

153

60.5 (23.84)

131

70.2

0.43

140

71.4

0.45

 Social Functioning

151

72.2 (22.00)

129

76.4

0.24

137

76.8

0.27

 School Functioning

147

51.4 (22.55)

120

58.2

0.33

131

56.6

0.25

  1. Effect sizes > or = 0.2 in bold are significant