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Table 2 Descriptive characteristics of the participants

From: Feasibility, reliability and validity of the health-related quality of life instrument Child Health Utility 9D (CHU9D) among school-aged children and adolescents in Sweden

Characteristics

Total

n (%)

School stages

Grades 1–3

n (%)

Grades 4–6

n (%)

Grades 7–9

n (%)

Sample

473 (100)

168 (35)

146 (31)

159 (34)

Sex

 Girls

249 (54)

90 (54)

75 (53)

84 (54)

 Boys

216 (46)

78 (46)

66 (47)

72 (46)

Children’s country of birth

 Not Sweden

37 (8)

15 (9)

12 (8)

10 (6)

 Sweden

436 (92)

153 (91)

134 (92)

149 (94)

Parents’ country of birth

 None Sweden

61 (13)

26 (15)

20 (14)

15 (9)

 One Sweden

49 (10)

20 (12)

20 (14)

9 (6)

 Both Sweden

363 (77)

122 (73)

106 (72)

135 (85)

Custody arrangement

 Not living with both parents

86 (19)

19 (13)

33 (23)

34 (22)

 Living with both parents

366 (81)

130 (87)

112 (77)

124 (78)

Family affluence1

 Low (< 25percentile)

69 (16)

24 (18)

23 (16)

22 (14)

 Middle (25-75percentile)

288 (66)

86 (62)

95 (67)

107 (69)

 High (> 75percentile)

79 (18)

28 (20)

24 (17)

27 (17)

General health2

 Not good

64 (15)

14 (12)

16 (11)

34 (22)

 Good

78 (19)

16 (14)

26 (19)

36 (23)

 Very good

270 (66)

86 (74)

99 (70)

85 (55)

Long-term illness/disability

 Yes

218 (47)

59 (36)

70 (49)

89 (58)

 No

243 (53)

107 (64)

72 (51)

64 (42)

 

Mean (SD)

Median (IQR)

Mean (SD)

Median (IQR)

Mean (SD)

Median (IQR)

Mean (SD)

Median (IQR)

Health related quality of life

 KIDSCREEN-103

41.17 (6.10)

42.00 (38.00–46.00)

41.91 (5.44)

42.00 (38.00–46.00)

42.27 (5.89)

43.00 (39.00–47.00)

39.59 (6.45)

40.00 (36.00–45.00)

 CHU9D (child algorithm)3

0.74 (0.21)

0.79 (0.59–0.91)

0.80 (0.18)

0.86 (0.70–0.95)

0.75 (0.20)

0.79 (0.62–0.89)

0.65 (0.23)

0.66 (0.49–0.85)

 CHU9D (adult algorithm)3

0.85 (0.11)

0.87 (0.78–0.93)

0.88 (0.10)

0.91 (0.83–0.95)

0.86 (0.10)

0.88 (0.80–0.93)

0.81 (0.11)

0.82 (0.75–0.90)

 PedsQL3

 Total score

82.12 (12.94)

84.78 (75.00–92.39)

81.21 (13.74)

83.70 (72.83–91.30)

85.35 (10.57)

88.04 (79.55–94.57)

80.10 (13.57)

81.52 (71.74–89.13)

 Physical health

84.85 (13.52)

87.50 (78.12–93.75)

83.62 (14.86)

87.50 (75.00–96.87)

87.42 (11.20)

90.63 (81.25–96.88)

83.76 (13.73)

87.50 (78.13–93.75)

 Psychosocial health

80.64 (14.33)

83.33 (73.33–91.67)

79.94 (14.99)

81.67 (71.67–91.67)

84.21 (11.82)

86.67 (76.67–93.33)

78.09 (15.13)

80.00 (71.67–90.00)

 Emotional functioning

75.66 (19.03)

80.00 (65.00–90.00)

76.94 (17.54)

80.00 (65.00–90.00)

78.24 (18.32)

80.00 (65.00–90.00)

71.93 (20.66)

75.00 (60.00–90.00)

 Social functioning

88.06 (14.74)

95.00 (80.00–100.0)

83.60 (17.33)

87.50 (75.00–95.00)

92.10 (10.17)

95.00 (85.00–100.0)

89.03 (14.16)

95.00 (85.00–100.0)

 School functioning

78.31 (16.46)

80.00 (70.00–90.00)

79.34 (15.95)

80.00 (70.00–90.00)

82.45 (13.44)

85.00 (75.00–90.00)

73.44 (18.27)

75.00 (65.00–85.00)

  1. IQR inter quartile range, SD standard deviation
  2. 1Low (< 25 percentile) = 2–7 points, Middle (25–75 percentile) = 8–10 points; High (> 75 percentile) = scores 11–13 points on the 0–13-point Family Affluence Scale
  3. 2Information on general health was only collected in grades 2–9
  4. 3Higher score means higher health related quality of life
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