EQ-5D-Y-5L as a patient-reported outcome measure in psychiatric inpatient care for children and adolescents – a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Distribution (%,n) of reported problems in the EQ-5D-Y-5L dimensions, EQ VAS mean score (SD) and EQ VAS median, by age group

	Total		13–15 years		16–17 years
EQ-5D-Y-5L dimensions	n = 52		n = 24		n = 28
EQ-5D-Y-5L dimensions	%	n	%	n	%	n	p-value
Mobility (walking about)
No problems	73	38	75	18	71	20	0.768^a
A little bit of problems	21	11	17	4	25	7
Some problems	4	2	4	1	4	1
A lot of problems	2	1	4	1	0	0
Cannot	0	0	0	0	0	0
Looking after myself
No problems	52	27	54	13	50	14	0.781^a
A little bit of problems	37	19	29	7	43	12
Some problems	12	6	17	4	7	2
A lot of problems	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cannot	0	0	0	0	0	0
Doing usual activities
No problems	12	6	13	3	11	3	0.812^a
A little bit of problems	8	4	13	3	4	1
Some problems	40	21	29	7	50	14
A lot of problems	25	13	25	6	25	7
Cannot	15	8	21	5	11	3
Having pain or discomfort
No pain or discomfort	27	14	13	3	39	11	0.308^a,b
A little pain or discomfort	35	18	50	12	21	6
Some pain or discomfort	21	11	21	5	21	6
A lot of pain or discomfort	14	7	8	2	18	5
Extreme pain or discomfort	4	2	8	2	0	0
Feeling worried, sad or unhappy
Not worried, sad or unhappy	6	3	8	2	4	1	0.969^a
A little worried, sad or unhappy	8	4	8	2	7	2
Rather worried, sad or unhappy	23	12	13	3	32	9
Really worried, sad or unhappy	40	21	50	18	32	9
Extremely worried, sad or unhappy	23	12	21	5	25	7
Extremely worried, sad or unhappy	n = 51		n = 24		n = 27
EQ VAS mean (SD)	29.2 (19.5)		25.3 (19.4)		32.6 (19.3)		0.16^c
EQ VAS median	30		21		31

^ap-value by Chi-square test for trend
^bp-value = 0.030, when dichotomized no pain or discomfort vs. any pain or discomfort
^cp-value by Mann-Whitney U test

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