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Table 3 Comparison of changes in school absence for inpatients and outpatients

From: Chronic pain treatment in children and adolescents: less is good, more is sometimes better

   

Statistics

  

School absence at return visit

 

Mann-Whitney U-Test

School absence & at initial visit

Group

Low (0–1 days)

Moderate (2–5 days)

High (>5 days)

U

Z

p-value

r

Low (0–1 days)

Outpatients

454 (92.5)

34 (6.9)

3 (0.6)

17,792

-0.6

.524

-

Inpatients

70 (94.6)

3 (4.1)

1 (1.4)

    

Moderate (2–5 days)

Outpatients

181 (71.3)

64 (25.2)

9 (3.5)

7,691

-2.7

.006

|-.151|

Inpatients

63 (87.5)

7 (9.7)

2 (2.8)

    

High (>5 days)

Outpatients

69 (73.4)

16 (17.0)

9 (9.6)

6,988

1.8

.068

-

 

Inpatients

83 (62.4)

28 (21.1)

22 (16.5)

    
  1. Notes: Frequencies are depicted as n (%).
  2. &School absence is reported for children aged six years and older.
  3. Boldface data reflect significant differences between the two groups.