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Table 6 Comparisons of the dimension scores for self-report version according to gender, age group, economic status and clinical characteristics

From: Assessing health-related quality of life in Japanese children with a chronic condition: validation of the DISABKIDS chronic generic module

 

Independence

Emotion

Social inclusion

Social exclusion

Physical limitation

Treatment

Total score

Gender

 Boys

74.2 ± 18.9

75.1 ± 21.3

73.5 ± 20.0

80.4 ± 18.7

74.1 ± 20.7

74.3 ± 24.9

74.5 ± 15.2

 Girls

75.5 ± 17.9

78.1 ± 19.7

74.3 ± 17.9

82.1 ± 17.5

71.8 ± 23.1

71.9 ± 20.9

74.8 ± 15.6

 P values

0.68

0.42

0.81

0.62

0.55

0.59

0.92

Age group

 Children

77.8 ± 17.5

81.2 ± 19.3

74.8 ± 18.2

82.3 ± 19.8

78.2 ± 20.7

76.4 ± 22.3

77.8 ± 15.1

 Adolescents

71.6 ± 19.0

71.5 ± 20.9

72.9 ± 19.8

79.9 ± 16.3

67.8 ± 21.8

70.0 ± 23.3

71.5 ± 15.0

 P values

0.06

0.01

0.57

0.46

0.01

0.14

0.03

Economic statusa

 Comfortable

79.6 ± 15.8

81.8 ± 16.3

77.5 ± 14.7

84.3 ± 16.5

75.0 ± 18.3

74.6 ± 21.8

78.4 ± 12.4

 Difficult

71.3 ± 19.4

72.5 ± 22.5

71.1 ± 21.2

78.8 ± 18.9

71.6 ± 23.9

72.2 ± 23.7

72.3 ± 16.5

P values

0.01

0.01

0.05

0.09

0.38

0.60

0.04

Clinical characteristicsb

 Allergies

77.0 ± 18.4

79.3 ± 20.0

75.6 ± 19.0

80.8 ± 19.1

76.2 ± 21.2

74.8 ± 21.3

77.4 ± 15.2

 Endocrine Disease

68.2 ± 20.6

69.0 ± 21.9

70.3 ± 20.2

76.0 ± 18.8

65.0 ± 23.8

66.3 ± 27.0

68.8 ± 15.8

 Others

75.2 ± 15.4

75.9 ± 19.9

72.7 ± 17.8

87.0 ± 13.0

72.6 ± 20.1

75.6 ± 23.4

71.7 ± 13.5

 P values

0.12

0.10

0.46

0.09

0.09

0.28

0.06

  1. Dimension scores are reported as mean standard deviation
  2. a Economic status is recorded into two categories: Comfortable includes “Very comfortable” and “Somewhat comfortable”. Difficult includes “Somewhat difficult” and “Very difficult”
  3. b P values: significance level of analysis of variance test. “Others” include Circulatory disease, Kidney disease, and Collagen Disease