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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Psychometric performance of the Chichewa versions of the EQ-5D-Y-3L and EQ-5D-Y-5L among healthy and sick children and adolescents in Malawi

Characteristic

Sub-category

N (%)

Children

(8–12 years)

n (%)

Adolescents (13–17 years)

n (%)

Participants

All

289

98 (34%)

191 (66%)

Gender*

Male

121 (44%)

39 (32%)

82 (68%)

Female

153 (56%)

51 (33%)

102 (67%)

Health condition

healthy

95 (33%)

12 (13%)

83 (87%)

acute

155 (54%)

85 (55%)

70 (45%)

chronic

39 (13%)

1 (3%)

38 (97%)

School grade#

1–5

71 (25%)

53 (75%)

18 (25%)

6–8

97 (35%)

40 (41%)

57 (59%)

9–12

111 (40%)

0

111 (100%)

  1. *Missing data: 15 (age group 1 = 8, age group 2 = 7)
  2. #Missing data: 10 (5 in each age groups)
  3. Age group 1 completed EQ-5D-Y, EQ-5D-Y-5L and PedsQL 4.0 child self-report
  4. Age group 2 completed EQ-5D-Y, EQ-5D-Y-5L and PedsQL 4.0 teen self-report