Table 2 Scale descriptives, average missing item percentages skewness and Cohen's d values for the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ 4.0 Generic Core Scales child self-report (195 patient and 373 comparison group subjects) and parent proxy-report (254 patient and 525 comparison group subjects), comparing the patient and comparison groups
Patient group | Comparison group | ||||||||||||
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Scale | N | Mean | S.D. | Missing values (%) | Percent floor (%) | Percent ceiling (%) | N | Mean | S.D. | Missing values (%) | Percent floor (%) | Percent ceiling (%) | Cohen's d |
Child Self-report | |||||||||||||
Total Scale Score | 164 | 76.86 | 14.64 | 14.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 366 | 79.33 | 12.35 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 2.50 | 0.19 |
Physical functioning | 164 | 78.26** | 18.81 | 13.90 | 0.00 | 11.00 | 366 | 83.12 | 14.23 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 13.70 | 0.31 |
Psychosocial functioning | 164 | 76.09 | 14.47 | 14.50 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 366 | 77.29 | 13.39 | 2.10 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 0.09 |
Emotional functioning | 164 | 71.71 | 17.07 | 13.80 | 0.00 | 6.70 | 365 | 72.1 | 17.80 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 8.20 | 0.02 |
Social functioning | 164 | 82.59 | 17.54 | 13.90 | 0.00 | 28.00 | 366 | 83.81 | 16.10 | 1.80 | 0.30 | 28.70 | 0.07 |
School functioning | 160 | 73.94 | 16.82 | 15.80 | 0.00 | 7.50 | 364 | 75.84 | 16.65 | 2.30 | 0.00 | 10.70 | 0.11 |
Parent Proxy-report | |||||||||||||
Total Scale Score | 212 | 76.02* | 15.3 | 17.00 | 0.00 | 0.90 | 519 | 78.85 | 13.18 | 1.80 | 0.20 | 2.10 | 0.20 |
Physical functioning | 212 | 77.66* | 18.73 | 15.30 | 0.00 | 14.60 | 519 | 81.03 | 15.88 | 1.30 | 0.20 | 13.10 | 0.20 |
Psychosocial functioning | 212 | 75.06* | 15.49 | 18.00 | 0.00 | 1.90 | 519 | 77.66 | 13.69 | 2.10 | 0.20 | 2.70 | 0.18 |
Emotional functioning | 212 | 68.45* | 18.06 | 15.00 | 0.00 | 5.20 | 519 | 71.79 | 16.76 | 1.20 | 0.20 | 7.50 | 0.20 |
Social functioning | 212 | 82.13 | 19.68 | 15.30 | 0.00 | 30.20 | 518 | 84.45 | 16.31 | 1.50 | 0.20 | 31.70 | 0.13 |
School functioning | 183 | 74.55 | 18.62 | 25.90 | 0.00 | 11.50 | 502 | 77.01 | 16.93 | 4.40 | 0.00 | 13.70 | 0.14 |