Background
Methods
Measurement of weight status
HRQOL measures
CHU9D
PedsQL
Statistical analysis
PedsQL Instrument
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CHU9D instrument
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Physical functioning | Tired/Able to join in activities/Daily routine/Pain/Sleep |
Emotional functioning | Sad/Annoyed/Worried |
Social functioning | Able to join in activities |
School functioning | School work/home work |
Results
Characteristics | |
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Gender: n (%) (n = 1344) | |
Male | 695 (51.7) |
Female | 649 (48.3) |
Age: mean (SD) (n = 1344) | 6.3 (0.31) |
Ethnic origin: n (%) (n = 1328) | |
White British | 603 (45.4) |
South Asian | 403 (30.3) |
African Caribbean | 107 (8.1) |
Other | 215 (16.2) |
Deprivation quintile: n (%) (n = 1324) | |
1 Most deprived | 738 (55.8) |
2 | 239 (18.1) |
3 | 146 (11.0) |
4 | 113 (8.5) |
5 Least deprived | 88 (6.6) |
Weight: n (%) (n = 1344) | |
Underweight | 40 (3.0) |
Healthy weight | 1012 (75.3) |
Overweight | 116 (8.6) |
Obese | 176 (13.1) |
CHU9D mean score (SD) (n = 1344) | 0.825 (0.14) |
PedsQL mean score (SD): | |
PedsQL Physical functioning (n = 1344) | 74.03 (17.56) |
PedsQL Emotional functioning (n = 1344) | 72.32 (22.74) |
PedsQL Social functioning (n = 1344) | 68.11 (22.23) |
PedsQL School functioning (n = 1344) | 67.15 (21.89) |
PedsQL Psychosocial functioning (n = 1344) | 68.93 (18.13) |
PedsQL Total scale score (n = 1344) | 70.44 (16.04) |
Discriminant validity
Number | Mean CHU9D Utility (SD) | PEDSQL total score (SD) | |
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Gender | |||
Male | 695 | 0.826 (0.14) | 71.10 (16.81) |
Female | 649 | 0.824 (0.13) | 69.72 (15.17) |
p
a
| 0.38 | 0.05 | |
Ethnic Origin: | |||
White British | 603 | 0.836 (0.13) | 71.41 (16.07) |
Asian | 403 | 0.809 (0.15) | 69.19 (15.66) |
African Carribean | 107 | 0.818 (0.15) | 69.18 (18.35) |
Other | 215 | 0.822 (0.12) | 70.63 (15.27) |
p
a
| 0.02 | 0.09 | |
Weight status groups: | |||
Underweight | 40 | 0.851 (0.13) | 72.52 (17.51) |
Normal weight | 1012 | 0.825 (0.14) | 70.81 (15.57) |
Overweight | 116 | 0.811 (0.14) | 67.97 (16.12) |
Obese | 176 | 0.827 (0.13) | 69.44 (18.13) |
p
b
| 0.33 | 0.28 | |
Weight status groups: | |||
Underweight/Healthy weight | 1052 | 0.83 (0.14) | 70.87 (15.64) |
Overweight/obese | 292 | 0.82 (0.13) | 68.86 (17.35) |
p
b
| 0.30 | 0.18 | |
Deprivation quintiles: | |||
1 Most deprived | 738 | 0.81 (0.14) | 69.17 (16.28) |
2 | 239 | 0.81 (0.14) | 71.14 (16.10) |
3 | 146 | 0.84 (0.13) | 73.04 (15.19) |
4 | 113 | 0.82 (0.13) | 71.48 (15.98) |
5 Least deprived | 88 | 0.86 (0.11) | 72.97 (14.45) |
pb | <0.001 | 0.002 |
CHU9D Dimensions | Level | Healthy and underweight (n = 1052) | Overweight and obese (n = 292) | Chi-squared test |
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n (%) | n (%) |
p
| ||
Worried | No | 649 (61.7) | 187 (64.0) | 0.68 |
A little bit | 171 (16.3) | 46 (15.8) | ||
A bit | 70 (6.6) | 23 (7.9) | ||
Quite | 67 (6.4) | 14 (4.8) | ||
Very | 95 (9.0) | 22 (7.5) | ||
Sad | No | 669 (63.6) | 181 (62.0) | 0.84 |
A little bit | 168 (16.0) | 48 (16.4) | ||
A bit | 61 (5.8) | 14 (4.8) | ||
Quite | 86 (8.1) | 29 (10.0) | ||
Very | 68 (6.5) | 20 (6.8) | ||
Pain | No | 665 (63.2) | 187 (64.0) | 0.66 |
A little bit | 191 (18.2) | 51 (17.5) | ||
A bit | 56 (5.3) | 10 (3.4) | ||
Quite | 47 (4.5) | 16 (5.5) | ||
Very | 93 (8.8) | 28 (9.6) | ||
Tired | No | 492 (46.8) | 141 (48.3) | 0.37 |
A little bit | 183 (17.4) | 61 (20.9) | ||
A bit | 93 (8.8) | 18 (6.1) | ||
Quite | 69 (6.6) | 16 (5.5) | ||
Very | 215 (20.4) | 56 (19.2) | ||
Annoyed | No | 718 (68.2) | 196 (67.1) | 0.09 |
A little bit | 117 (11.1) | 28 (9.6) | ||
A bit | 55 (5.2) | 19 (6.5) | ||
Quite | 40 (3.8) | 21 (7.2) | ||
Very | 122 (11.6) | 28 (9.6) | ||
School/home work | No problems | 622 (59.1) | 186 (63.7) | 0.37 |
A few problems | 185 (17.6) | 45 (15.4) | ||
Some problems | 94 (9.0) | 24 (8.2) | ||
Many problems | 49 (4.6) | 17 (5.8) | ||
Can’t do | 102 (9.7) | 20 (6.9) | ||
Sleep | No problems | 549 (52.2) | 135 (46.2) | 0.17 |
A few problems | 140 (13.3) | 38 (13.0) | ||
Some problems | 73 (7.0) | 18 (6.1) | ||
Many problems | 45 (4.2) | 19 (6.5) | ||
Can’t do | 245 (23.3) | 82 (28.0) | ||
Daily routine | No problems | 741 (70.4) | 198 (67.8) | 0.48 |
A few problems | 113 (10.7) | 41 (14.0) | ||
Some problems | 77 (7.3) | 20 (6.9) | ||
Many problems | 40 (3.8) | 14 (4.8) | ||
Can’t do | 81 (7.7) | 19 (6.5) | ||
Activities | Any | 723 (68.7) | 189 (64.7) | 0.28 |
Most | 136 (12.9) | 48 (16.4) | ||
Some | 79 (7.5) | 21 (7.2) | ||
A few | 61 (5.8) | 23 (7.9) | ||
No | 53 (5.1) | 11 (3.8) |
CHU9D Dimensions | Level | n | Mean PedsQL score (SD) |
p
a
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Worried | No | 836 | 73.2 (15.05) | |
A little bit | 217 | 68.0 (16.14) | ||
A bit | 93 | 68.6 (15.70) | ||
Quite | 81 | 65.6 (14.89) | ||
Very | 117 | 59.4 (17.53) | <0.001 | |
Sad | No | 850 | 72.9 (15.10) | <0.001 |
A little bit | 216 | 68.0 (15.95) | ||
A bit | 75 | 66.6 (15.69) | ||
Quite | 115 | 65.8 (16.37) | ||
Very | 88 | 60.8 (18.66) | ||
Pain | No | 852 | 72.7 (15.65) | <0.001 |
A little bit | 242 | 69.4 (14.81) | ||
A bit | 66 | 69.5 (12.63) | ||
Quite | 63 | 63.5 (16.33) | ||
Very | 121 | 60.0 (17.39) | ||
Tired | No | 633 | 75.2 (15.17) | <0.001 |
A little bit | 244 | 69.0 (13.84) | ||
A bit | 111 | 67.6 (16.60) | ||
Quite | 85 | 67.5 (16.40) | ||
Very | 271 | 62.5 (15.74) | ||
Annoyed | No | 914 | 73.1 (15.43) | |
A little bit | 145 | 66.5 (15.10) | ||
A bit | 74 | 65.0 (15.71) | ||
Quite | 61 | 65.2 (16.41) | ||
Very | 150 | 62.3 (16.11) | <0.001 | |
School/home work | No problems | 808 | 74.2 (14.98) | <0.001 |
A few problems | 230 | 67.7 (14.23) | ||
Some problems | 118 | 63.8 (16.75) | ||
Many problems | 66 | 62.0 (16.33) | ||
Can’t do | 122 | 60.9 (16.67) | ||
Sleep | No problems | 684 | 74.8 (15.78) | <0.001 |
A few problems | 178 | 69.9 (11.91) | ||
Some problems | 91 | 64.0 (13.81) | ||
Many problems | 64 | 66.2 (14.21) | ||
Can’t do | 327 | 63.9 (6.47) | ||
Daily routine | No problems | 939 | 73.7 (14.92) | <0.001 |
A few problems | 154 | 65.9 (15.19) | ||
Some problems | 97 | 65.2 (15.63) | ||
Many problems | 54 | 59.3 (15.57) | ||
Can’t do | 100 | 56.8 (15.57) | ||
Activities | Any | 912 | 72.5 (15.68) | <0.001 |
Most | 184 | 69.0 (16.28) | ||
Some | 100 | 67.0 (13.76) | ||
A few | 84 | 64.1 (15.62) | ||
No | 64 | 58.0 (15.68) |
Convergent validity
CHU9D dimension | Correlation with PedsQL score | Spearman’s ρ a |
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Utility score | PedsQL total score | 0.47 |
Worried | Emotional functioning | −0.18 |
Sad | Emotional functioning | −0.18 |
Pain | Physical functioning | −0.18 |
Tired | Physical functioning | −0.26 |
Annoyed | Emotional functioning | −0.22 |
School work/home work | School functioning | −0.21 |
Sleep | Physical functioning | −0.22 |
Daily routine | Physical functioning | −0.28 |
Able to join in activities | Social functioning | −0.13 |
Variables | Mean difference | 95 % confidence intervals | P-value |
---|---|---|---|
Mean value | 0.685 | (0.529,0.841) | <0.001 |
Weight | |||
Underweight/Healthy weight | |||
Overweight/Obese | -0.005 | (-0.023,0.012) | 0.52 |
Age (years) | 0.022 | (-0.002,0.046) | 0.07 |
Ethnic Group: | |||
White British | - | ||
South Asian | −0.019 | (−0.040,0.002) | 0.07 |
African-Caribbean | −0.006 | (−0.037,0.239) | 0.66 |
Other | −0.005 | (−0.028,0.185) | 0.66 |
Deprivation quintile: | |||
1 Most deprived | |||
2 | 0.001 | (-0.021,0.024) | 0.88 |
3 | 0.019 | (-0.007,0.047) | 0.15 |
4 | -0.000 | (-0.031,0.031) | 0.99 |
Least deprived | 0.040 | (0.003,0.077) | 0.03 |