Health-related quality of life and pain in children and adolescents: a school survey

Table 3 Health related quality of life measured with KIDSCREEN-52 and pain by sex and age, n = 1099

		Girls					Boys					Total		Total
KIDSCREEN-scales	No of items	8-11 yrs. n = (170)	12-15 yrs. n = (262)	16-18 yrs. n = (163)	Total n = 595	p^a	8-11 yrs. n = (145)	12-15 yrs. n = (224)	16-18 yrs. n = (135)	Total n = 504	p^a	p^b	p^c	n = 1099
Physical well-being	5	69.94	66.43	54.26	64.10	< 0.001	72.62	71.05	64.85	69.84	0.002	< 0.001	< 0.001	66.73
Psychological well-being	6	82.89	76.70	69.66	76.54	< 0.001	82.93	79.87	74.14	79.22	< 0.001	.013	< 0.001	77.77
Mood	7	82.46	82.28	73.99	80.06	< 0.001	83.89	83.45	82.86	83.42	.814	< 0.001	< 0.001	81.60
Self-perception	5	82.53	67.61	56.96	68.96	< 0.001	86.69	80.76	74.19	80.70	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	74.34
Autonomy	5	74.56	72.42	55.46	68.39	< 0.001	75.41	74.42	67.59	72.88	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	70.45
Parents relation	6	82.25	77.24	70.40	76.80	< 0.001	83.22	78.46	75.40	79.01	< 0.001	.052	< 0.001	77.81
Financial resources	3	71.86	76.27	77.81	75.43	.059	71.03	79.35	79.20	76.92	.002	.306	< 0.001	76.11
Social support and peers	6	77.89	75.91	72.83	75.63	.030	75.55	71.63	69.57	72.21	.015	.001	0.001	74.06
School environment	6	79.31	67.10	57.39	67.93	< 0.001	75.37	65.63	54.60	65.48	< 0.001	.044	< 0.001	66.80
Bullying	3	86.76	90.17	95.60	90.69	< 0.001	85.34	90.07	93.46	89.62	< 0.001	.259	< 0.001	90.20
Pain n/%		72 / 42.4	186/71.0	124/76.1	382/64.2	< 0.001	65/44.8	119/53.1	87/64.4	271/53.8	0.004	< 0.001	< 0.001	653/59.6

p^a age differences within sex (f-test); p^b sex differences (t-test); p^c age differences (f-test)

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