Pediatric quality of life multidimensional fatigue scale (PedsQL-MFS) detects the effects of a 3-week Inpatient body weight reduction program for children and adolescents with obesity

Table 2 Means and standard deviations for body mass and fatigue at admission and discharge by gender

Measure	Gender	Admission M (SD)	Discharge M (SD)	Paired-group t-test
BM (kg)	Females (n = 64)	99.0 (16.3)	94.7 (15.6)	t(63) = 16.84, p < .001
BM (kg)	Males (n = 36)	114.0 (19.7)	107.9 (17.9)	t(35) = 14.14, p < .001
BMI SDS	Females (n = 64)	3.01 (0.46)	2.84 (0.48)	t(63) = 17.75, p < .001
BMI SDS	Males (n = 35)	3.08 (0.52)	2.85 (0.52)	t(34) = 16.92, p < .001
Total fatigue	Females (n = 63)	23.5 (11.5)	15.6 (9.7)	t(62) = 6.41, p < .001
Total fatigue	Males (n = 35)	18.4 (9.1)	13.4 (9.3)	t(34) = 4.31, p < .001
Sleep/rest fatigue	Females (n = 63)	8.56 (4.86)	6.73 (4.50)	t(62) = 2.97, p = .004
Sleep/rest fatigue	Males (n = 36)	6.94 (4.45)	5.81 (4.71)	t(35) = 2.10, p = .043
General fatigue	Females (n = 64)	7.94 (4.02)	5.00 (3.65)	t(63) = 5.76, p < .001
General fatigue	Males (n = 36)	6.28 (4.11)	4.06 (3.60)	t(35) = 4.70, p < .001
Cognitive fatigue	Females (n = 63)	6.70 (5.24)	4.43 (4.37)	t(62) = 3.85, p < .001
Cognitive fatigue	Males (n = 35)	5.91 (4.55)	4.40 (3.98)	t(34) = 2.21, p = .034

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