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Table 1 Mean (SD) CHU9D-utilities and PedsQL-scores by student’s characteristics

From: The construct validity of the Child Health Utility 9D-DK instrument

 

N (%)

CHU9D-utilities - adolescent scoring algorithm applied (best-worst scaling method)

CHU9D-utilities - adult scoring algorithm applied (standard gamble method)

PedsQL-scores

  

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Whole sample

228

0.70 (0.22)

0.84 (0.11)

82.32 (13.14)

Gender

 Girls

85 (37.2)

0.62 (0.23)

0.80 (0.12)

76.50 (13.45)

 Boys

143 (62.8)

0.75 (0.20)

0.86 (0.09)

85.79 (11.68)

P-value

* < 0.006a

* < 0.001t

* < 0.001t

* < 0.001t

Year of study

 1st year

74 (32.5)

0.73 (0.23)

0.85 (0.12)

84.15 (13.87)

 2nd year

83 (36.4)

0.69 (0.22)

0.83 (0.10)

81.05 (12.96)

 3rd year

71 (31.1)

0.68 (0.21)

0.83 (0.11)

81.90 (12.52)

P-value

0,743a

0.394b

0.448b

0.321b

General health

 Excellent

45 (19.7)

0.83 (0.15)

0.91 (0.07)

92.00 (7.40)

 Very good

129 (56.6)

0.72 (0.20)

0.84 (0.10)

83.17 (10.70)

 Middle

43 (18.9)

0.59 (0.22)

0.79 (0.10)

75.58 (12.84)

 Not so good/poor

11 (4.8)

0.42 (0.26)

0.69 (0.14)

59.09 (17.33)

P-value

* < 0.001a

* < 0.001b

* < 0.001b

* < 0.001b

Disability or chronic disease

 No

202 (88.6)

0.71 (0.21)

0.84 (0.10)

83.50 (12.09)

 Yes

26 (12.4)

0.60 (0.26)

0.78 (0.13)

73.20 (17.18)

P-value

* < 0.001a

*0.012t

*0.006t

* < 0.001t

Satisfaction with lifec

 Not satisfied (1–3)

19 (8.7)

0.48 (0.22)

0.74 (0.11)

69.91 (17.04)

 Medium satisfied (4–7)

65 (30.0)

0.62 (0.23)

0.79 (0.11)

75.08 (13.10)

 Very satisfied (8–10)

133 (61.3)

0.77 (0.18)

0.87 (0.09)

86.92 (9.59)

P-value

* < 0.001a

* < 0.001b

* < 0.001b

* < 0.001b

Money: My family has

 A lot of money

5 (2.2)

0.81 (0.24)

0.89 (0.11)

85.22 (15.46)

 A reasonable amount of money

71 (31.1)

0.78 (0.17)

0.87 (0.08)

86.21 (9.93)

 Neither a lot or a little amount of money

136 (59.6)

0.66 (0.23)

0.82 (0.11)

80.63 (13.36)

 Little or very little money

16 (7.1)

0.64 (0.24)

0.81 (0.12)

78.53 (19.14)

P-value

* < 0.001a

*0.002b

*0.003b

*0.017b

Holidays last year

 No

45 (19.7)

0.66 (0.21)

0.82 (0.10)

80.12 (13.76)

 Yes, one time

93 (40.8)

0.65 (0.23)

0.81 (0.11)

79.74 (13.61)

 Yes, several times

90 (39.5)

0.77 (0.19)

0.87 (0.10)

86.10 (11.46)

P-value

* < 0.001a

* < 0.001b

* < 0.001b

*0.002b

  1. CHU9D Child Health Utility 9 Dimension, PedsQL Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ 4.0 Generic Core Scales, SD Standard deviation. aPearsons Chi2-test, bANOVA, c“don’t know” answers were categorised as missing (N = 217), tTwo sample t-test. *P < 0.05