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Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes

Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Randomized comparative study of child and caregiver responses to three software functions added to the Japanese version of the electronic Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (ePedsQL) questionnaire

 

Children

Primary caregivers

Secondary caregivers

Basic

Dynamic

Basic

Dynamic

Basic

Dynamic

N = 1019

N = 1025

N = 1415

N = 1407

N = 1240

N = 1215

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

Recruitment

 Survey company

836

(82)

844

(82)

1097

(78)

1093

(78)

1015

(82)

994

(82)

 Researchers' neighborhoods

183

(18)

181

(18)

318

(22)

314

(22)

225

(18)

221

(18)

Children's age

 0-1 years old

-

-

-

-

123

(9)

126

(9)

94

(8)

97

(8)

 2-4 years old

-

-

-

-

253

(18)

241

(17)

211

(17)

203

(17)

 5-6 years old

164

(16)

157

(15)

174

(12)

176

(13)

151

(12)

146

(12)

 7 years old

69

(7)

73

(7)

74

(5)

76

(5)

65

(5)

67

(6)

 8-12 years old

369

(36)

378

(37)

375

(27)

373

(27)

337

(27)

241

(28)

 13-15 years old

204

(20)

206

(20)

203

(14)

208

(15)

186

(15)

179

(15)

 16-18 years old

213

(21)

211

(21)

213

(15)

207

(15)

196

(16)

182

(15)

Children's gender

 Female

526

(52)

480

(47)

697

(49)

658

(47)

613

(49)

564

(46)

 Male

493

(48)

545

(53)

718

(51)

749

(53)

627

(51)

651

(54)

Children with any disease which requires clinic/hospital visit

 Yes

123

(12)

121

(12)

175

(12)

157

(11)

152

(12)

131

(11)

 No

873

(86)

876

(85)

1232

(87)

1241

(88)

1080

(87)

1075

(88)

 Unknown (not answered)

23

(2)

28

(3)

8

(1)

9

(1)

8

(1)

9

(1)

Caregiver relationship to child

 Mother

-

-

-

-

1370

(97)

1357

(96)

35

(3)

38

(3)

 Father

-

-

-

-

35

(2)

42

(3)

1094

(88)

1063

(87)

 Grandmother

-

-

-

-

10

(1)

8

(1)

91

(7)

98

(8)

 Grandfather

-

-

-

-

0

 

0

 

11

(1)

6

(0)

Other

-

-

-

-

0

 

0

 

9

(1)

10

(1)

Caregiver’s education level

 Junior high school

-

-

-

-

18

(1)

14

(1)

33

(3)

40

(3)

 Senior high school

-

-

-

-

287

(20)

317

(23)

259

(21)

297

(24)

 Vocational college

-

-

-

-

189

(13)

193

(14)

155

(13)

135

(11)

 Junior college

-

-

-

-

295

(21)

271

(19)

45

(4)

35

(3)

 University

-

-

-

-

527

(37)

516

(37)

584

(47)

567

(47)

 Graduate school

-

-

-

-

74

(5)

67

(5)

146

(12)

118

(10)

 Unknown (not answered)

-

-

-

-

25

(2)-

29

(2)-

18

(1)

23

(2)

Caregiver’s working status

 Working

-

-

-

-

742

(52)

759

(54)

1141

(92)

1096

(90)

 Not working

-

-

-

-

648

(46)

619

(44)

81

(7)

96

(8)

 Unknown (not answered)

-

-

-

-

25

(2)

29

(2)

18

(1)

23

(2)

Display size

 Greater than 600 pixels

594

(58)

633

(62)

726

(51)

751

(53)

667

(54)

682

(56)

 Less than 600 pixels

425

(42)

392

(38)

689

(49)

656

(47)

573

(46)

533

(44)

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