Table 2 Average score and demographic correlates of pediatric quality of life (PedsQL)
| Â | PedsQL total score | PedsQL psychosocial score | PedsQL physical score | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Median | Mean | SD | Median | Mean | SD | Median | Mean | SD | |
Total (N = 180) | 81.0 | 76.7 | 18.2 | 78.3 | 76.9 | 17.9 | 81.3 | 76.2 | 22.0 |
Disease duration | |||||||||
  > 8 years | 80.4 | 76.0 | 19.4 | 80.0 | 76.8 | 18.8 | 78.1 | 74.7 | 23.5 |
  ≤ 8 years | 81.5 | 77.1 | 17.3 | 78.3 | 77.0 | 17.4 | 81.3 | 77.2 | 21.0 |
 p-value | 0.8949 | 0.9514 | 0.5774 | ||||||
Age group | |||||||||
  ≥ 13 years | 79.4 | 75.4 | 18.0 | 78.3 | 76.6 | 17.0 | 75.0 | 73.1 | 22.9 |
  < 13 years | 82.6 | 77.7 | 18.4 | 78.3 | 77.2 | 18.7 | 84.4 | 78.6 | 21.1 |
 p-value | 0.3019 | 0.5747 | 0.0878 | ||||||
Sex | |||||||||
 Female | 79.9 | 76.2 | 18.4 | 78.3 | 76.7 | 18.1 | 76.6 | 75.3 | 22.1 |
 Male | 83.2 | 78.3 | 17.5 | 80.0 | 77.8 | 17.6 | 86.6 | 79.1 | 21.7 |
 p-value | 0.5836 | 0.7350 | 0.3559 | ||||||
Race/Ethnicity | |||||||||
 White non-Hispanic | 82.6 | 78.0 | 17.8 | 80.0 | 77.8 | 17.7 | 84.4 | 78.2 | 21.3 |
 Other | 71.2 | 71.0 | 18.9 | 75.8 | 73.1 | 18.9 | 62.5 | 67.3 | 23.1 |
 p-value | 0.0441 | 0.1624 | 0.0110 | ||||||
Highest parental education | |||||||||
  ≤ High school graduate | 82.1 | 78.6 | 17.1 | 84.2 | 80.8 | 16.1 | 78.1 | 74.5 | 22.5 |
 Any college | 79.9 | 76.0 | 18.6 | 77.6 | 75.5 | 18.4 | 81.3 | 76.8 | 21.9 |
 p-value | 0.4393 | 0.0911 | 0.5409 | ||||||