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Table 4 Youth self-report scores at baseline and posttreatment

From: 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

Subscale

Admission M (SD)

Discharge M (SD)

Paired-group t-test

% Reliably improved

Anxious/depressed

7.44 (5.34)

7.21 (5.27)

t(99) = 0.73, p = .469

3

Withdrawn/depressed

5.06 (3.68)

4.92 (3.63)

t(99) = 0.54, p = .589

5

Somatic complaints

4.76 (3.36)

4.61 (3.49)

t(98) = 0.75, p = .515

4

Social problems

5.25 (3.67)

4.98 (3.53)

t(99) = 1.03, p = .305

2

Thought problems

3.89 (3.83)

3.43 (3.36)

t(98) = 1.64, p = .104

4

Attention problems

7.08 (3.51)

6.19 (3.42)

t(99) = 3.64, p =  < .001

13

Rule-breaking behaviour

4.49 (4.21)

4.85 (3.92)

t(99) = -1.11, p = .270

6

Aggressive behaviour

8.65 (5.62)

8.49 (4.85)

t(99) = 0.40, p = .688

9

  1. BM = Body mass; BMI SDS = Body mass index standard deviation scores