Table 2 Sample means for generic health-related quality of life in pediatric patients with PM/ICD and their controls: comparison between patients and control group and between self- and proxy report
Parent proxy-report form | Child self-report form | Interaction: Study group (patient/control) vs. report (self/proxy) | Differences Patient sample vs. control group (all control – patient differences) | Differences Self- vs. proxy report (all self – proxy differences) | |||||||||||
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Patient sample | Control group | Patient sample | Control group | ||||||||||||
Device type | n | M (SD) | n | M (SD) | Device type | n | M (SD) | n | M (SD) | p- value† | M (SD) | p- value | M (SD) | p- value | |
PedsQL scales | |||||||||||||||
Total Score | PM | 57 | 83.0 (14.5) | 59 | 89.9 (8.1) | PM | 39 | 82.1 (11.6) | 42 | 86.7 (12.2) | .34 | 7.1 (17.8) | .007 | −1.3 (9.8) | .21 |
Physical Health Summary | PM | 57 | 86.4 (16.5) | 59 | 94.6 (8.5) | PM | 39 | 84.0 (13.9) | 42 | 87.6 (14.2) | .24 | 8.7 (18.4) | ≤.001 | −2.8 (12.6) | .06 |
Psychosocial Health Summary | PM | 57 | 79.6 (14.3) | 59 | 85.1 (9.6) | PM | 39 | 80.3 (11.6) | 42 | 85.8 (11.9) | .85 | 5.4 (19.0) | .057 | 0.1 (12.5) | .78 |
Emotional Functioning | PM | 57 | 73.2 (17.2) | 59 | 75.6 (15.1) | PM | 39 | 76.5 (16.6) | 42 | 82.5 (12.8) | .26 | 2.2 (26.1) | .69 | 1.5 (16.3) | .93 |
Social Functioning | PM | 57 | 85.9 (19.2) | 59 | 91.0 (11.9) | PM | 39 | 84.6 (13.6) | 42 | 90.0 (15.5) | .84 | 5.0 (23.4) | .16 | −1.1 (13.9) | .94 |
School Functioning | PM | 55 | 80.1 (17.1) | 56 | 88.7 (12.2) | PM | 39 | 79.6 (13.4) | 42 | 84.8 (14.1) | .43 | 9.4 (20.5) | .002 | 0.0 (18.9) | .41 |
PedsQL scales | |||||||||||||||
Total Score | ICD | 13 | 75.8 (16.0) | 13 | 92.2 (7.0) | ICD | 12 | 77.7 (14.9) | 13 | 91.0 (7.2) | .16 | 16.4 (15.1) | .009 | 2.1 (17.5) | .41 |
Physical Health Summary | ICD | 13 | 76.0 (17.4) | 13 | 95.9 (5.9) | ICD | 12 | 76.0 (19.8) | 13 | 90.1 (9.4) | .17 | 20.0 (16.5) | .005 | −0.3 (22.8) | .53 |
Psychosocial Health Summary | ICD | 13 | 75.6 (16.8) | 13 | 88.6 (11.3) | ICD | 12 | 79.4 (12.2) | 13 | 91.8 (5.7) | .75 | 12.9 (17.8) | .02 | 4.4 (15.0) | .33 |
Emotional Functioning | ICD | 13 | 72.3 (23.3) | 13 | 84.6 (14.1) | ICD | 12 | 79.2 (14.4) | 13 | 89.2 (9.8) | .62 | 12.3 (21.4) | .06 | 7.1 (17.9) | .21 |
Social Functioning | ICD | 13 | 80.4 (19.1) | 13 | 93.5 (11.3) | ICD | 12 | 82.5 (13.7) | 13 | 95.4 (8.3) | .79 | 13.1 (21.5) | .06 | 1.7 (22.4) | .39 |
School Functioning | ICD | 13 | 74.2 (18.0) | 13 | 87.7 (13.0) | ICD | 12 | 76.7 (15.1) | 13 | 90.8 (7.9) | .88 | 13.5 (21.4) | .06 | 4.6 (18.6) | .73 |