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Table 4 PedsQL scores according to gender and CHD severity

From: Psychometric validation of the French self and proxy versions of the PedsQL™ 4.0 generic health-related quality of life questionnaire for 8–12 year-old children

 

Girls

Boys

P-value

Severity class 1

Severity class 2

Severity class 3

Severity class 4

P-value

Pairwise comparisonsa

Trend test P-valueb

Self-reports

N

83

127

 

33

14

58

9

   

 Physical

82.0 (16.0)

85.9 (14.2)

0.05

86.6 (11.0)

79.5 (19.0)

80.6 (15.7)

62.9 (21.5)

0.01

1, 3 > 4

0.01

 Emotion

70.0 (20.2)

75.9 (18.6)

0.03

73.5 (18.3)

58.6 (24.8)

72.6 (20.9)

72.8 (12.0)

0.16

 

0.84

 Social

84.1 (19.1)

85.4 (16.8)

0.69

88.8 (14.1)

73.6 (27.6)

80.5 (16.5)

71.1 (14..5)

0.01

1 > 3, 4

 < 0.01

 School

75.9 (17.0)

79.3 (17.2)

0.09

79.4 (13.7)

67.1 (23.6)

72.2 (17.3)

76.1 (15.4)

0.15

 

0.14

 Psychosocial

76.7 (15.2)

80.1 (14.8)

0.08

80.6 (11.0)

66.4 (23.0)

74.9 (15.4)

73.3 (8.5)

0.03

1 > 2

0.10

 Total

78.5 (14.2)

82.1 (13.7)

0.03

82.7 (8.9)

71.0 (20.8)

76.9 (14.4)

69.7 (12.4)

0.04

1 > 2, 4

0.03

Proxy-reports

N

88

132

 

33

14

62

11

   

 Physical

79.9 (20.3)

82.9 (19.9)

0.18

84.9 (18.8)

86.2 (20.2)

77.5 (19.7)

69.3 (18.9)

0.01

 

 < 0.01

 Emotion

67.9 (18.7)

67.0 (20.4)

0.83

68.0 (20.6)

62.9 (24.5)

62.0 (21.6)

65.9 (18.0)

0.68

 

0.46

 Social

80.6 (17.6)

81.1 (19.1)

0.59

85.0 (21.1)

81.1 (19.1)

77.8 (17.8)

70.5 (17.0)

0.02

1 > 3, 4

 < 0.01

 School

73.1 (19.1)

71.5 (18.7)

0.50

73.3 (20.4)

71.1 (22.9)

66.5 (16.7)

70.5 (21.9)

0.23

 

0.14

 Psychosocial

73.9 (15.0)

73.2 (15.7)

0.84

75.5 (16.8)

71.7 (19.5)

68.8 (14.8)

68.9 (14.8)

0.18

 

0.05

 Total

76.0 (15.3)

76.6 (15.4)

0.68

78.7 (15.8)

76.7 (17.7)

71.8 (14.7)

69.1 (14.9)

0.05

1 > 3

0.01

  1. Values are means (SD)
  2. aPairwise comparisons significantly different after Holm’s correction (P-value < 0.10) are marked in bold
  3. bSignificant comparisons with two-sided Jonckheere trend test are marked in bold.