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Table 4 PedsQL™, children’s and parents’/proxy- self-reports within Argentina

From: Health-related quality of life, culture and communication: a comparative study in children with cancer in Argentina and Sweden

Characteristics

PedsQL (children’s score)

PedsQL (parents’ score)

 

Generic mean (sd)

p-value

Cancer mean (sd)

p-value

Fatigue mean (sd)

p-value

Generic mean (sd)

p-value

Cancer mean (sd)

p-value

Fatigue mean (sd)

p-value

Gender distribution

 Female

68.8(11.0)

0.73

69.6(12.1)

0.17

77.1(14.2)

0.98

55.5(16.6)

0.09

68.6(12.2)

0.58

72.8(22.4)

0.57

 Male

66.0(13.3)

 

70.4(11.2)

 

75.5(13.8)

 

66.9(16.4)

 

66.6(14.2)

 

77.9(17.7)

 

Age groups

 2 to 4 years

      

69.6(21.7)

 

67.9(13.6)

 

77.3(26.5)

 

 5 to 12 years

70.9(11.3)

0.13

66.8(12.2)

0.34

77.9(14.4)

0.68

58.1(15.4)

0.52

66.9(13.6)

0.99

78.6(19.1)

0.40

 13 to 18 years

63.5(12.6)

 

73.1(9.9)

 

74.4(13.3)

 

60.7(12.6)

 

67.3(14.1)

 

72.4(10.7)

 

Diagnostic groups

 Leukaemia

68.4(12.3)

0.63

73.2(8.7)

0.11

77.0(13.5)

0.36

63.8(16.8)

0.68

69.3(13.9)

0.37

77.1(18.9)

0.08

 Solid tumours

66.7(15.3)

 

70.6(7.7)

 

79.1(15.1)

 

63.1(22.6)

 

62.3(9.3)

 

83.1(7.0)

 

 CNS tumours

59.8(1.5)

 

50.5(17.7)

 

63.2(6.2)

 

54.7(10.4)

 

63.7(16.6)

 

54.6(16.1)

 

Treatment modality

 Chemotherapy

70.4(12.4)

0.09

73.8(8.3)

0.01

80.7(11.4)

0.01

65.8(17.1)

0.04

69.0(13.1)

0.12

79.2(18.5)

0.02

 Combined therapy

58.7(7.8)

 

59.6(12.7)

 

63.2(11.3)

 

47.4(4.2)

 

59.3(12.4)

 

59.7(15.7)

 
  1. Note: Scores range from 0 to 100; higher scores represent a better HRQOL. Statistics are tests for within group differences and significant differences are highlighted in bold type. sd standard deviation