Background
Methods
Questionnaire and scales
Subjects
Data collecting
Statistics
Ethical approval
Results
The Qol of 201 children
NO. of item | Short stature group (n = 97) | Normal short group (n = 69) | Normal group (n = 35) |
p
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
mean ± SD | mean ± SD | mean ± SD | |||
Self-report scale | |||||
Total scale | 23 | 77.77 ± 9.69 | 83.50 ± 8.56 | 87.36 ± 7.23 | 0.000 |
Physical health | 8 | 80.09 ± 9.19 | 87.32 ± 7.97 | 90.71 ± 7.97 | 0.000 |
psychosocial health | 15 | 74.93 ± 11.62 | 81.50 ± 10.98 | 85.57 ± 7.80 | 0.000 |
Emotional functioning | 5 | 69.79 ± 13.69 | 73.99 ± 17.42 | 79.71 ± 14.29 | 0.009 |
Social functioning | 5 | 82.58 ± 17.23 | 91.25 ± 12.47 | 95.71 ± 7.19 | 0.006 |
School functioning | 5 | 72.42 ± 15.16 | 79.38 ± 17.51 | 81.29 ± 11.9 | 0.006 |
Parent proxy-report scale | |||||
Total scale | 23 | 77.62 ± 10.50 | 82.69 ± 8.35 | 84.91 ± 9.96 | 0.001 |
Physical health | 8 | 85.39 ± 11.88 | 88.24 ± 9.93 | 92.23 ± 8.27 | 0.009 |
psychosocial health | 5 | 67.16 ± 13.98 | 72.50 ± 16.47 | 76.52 ± 18.35 | 0.010 |
Emotional functioning | 15 | 73.47 ± 11.53 | 79.73 ± 10.40 | 81.01 ± 12.82 | 0.000 |
Social functioning | 5 | 84.21 ± 18.02 | 89.49 ± 14.46 | 91.06 ± 11.97 | 0.072 |
School functioning | 5 | 69.05 ± 16.26 | 77.21 ± 14.15 | 75.45 ± 16.32 | 0.024 |
HtSDS < −3 group (n = 27) | −3 < HtSDS < −2 group (n = 62) |
p
| |
---|---|---|---|
mean ± SD | mean ± SD | ||
Self-report scale | |||
Total scale | 74.52 ± 10.82 | 79.40 ± 9.14 | 0.031 |
Physical health | 80.17 ± 10.64 | 84.07 ± 8.35 | 0.125 |
psychosocial health | 71.17 ± 12.71 | 76.91 ± 11.05 | 0.034 |
Emotional functioning | 69.44 ± 13.11 | 70.48 ± 13.78 | 0.741 |
Social functioning | 75.56 ±17.56 | 84.60 ± 17.02 | 0.025 |
School functioning | 68.52 ±18.49 | 75.65 ± 13.74 | 0.047 |
Parent proxy-report scale | |||
Total scale | 75.44 ± 12.22 | 79.17 ± 10.09 | 0.140 |
Physical health | 83.68 ± 12.33 | 86.41 ±12.09 | 0.336 |
psychosocial health | 71.05 ± 13.95 | 75.31 ±10.62 | 0.122 |
Emotional functioning | 67.59 ± 13.82 | 69.00 ±13.86 | 0.662 |
Social functioning | 79.81 ± 19.14 | 85.42 ±17.50 | 0.183 |
School functioning | 65.74 ± 21.96 | 71.50 ±13.57 | 0.138 |
The reliability of Peds QL 4.0 scales
Dimension | Self-report scale | Parent proxy-report scale |
---|---|---|
Total scale | 0.80 | 0.80 |
Physical health | 0.51 | 0.66 |
psychosocial health | 0.76 | 0.75 |
Emotional functioning | 0.55 | 0.53 |
Social functioning | 0.74 | 0.79 |
School functioning | 0.55 | 0.60 |