Health-related quality of life in paediatric arterial hypertension: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Results of the Student’s and Welch’s t-tests, comparing hypertensive and control group scores

		Patient sample		Control sample		Mean Difference^a	Effect size	Independent samples t-test
PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales	No. of items	N	Mean (SD)	N	Mean (SD)	Score Points (SED^b)	Hedges’ g	t	df	p	95% CI for Mean Difference
Child Self-report
Total Score	23	70	77.72 (14.57)	99	84.66 (11.00)	−6.94 (2.06)	0.55	−3.37	122	.001*	− 11.02; − 2.86
Psychosocial Health	15	70	76.29 (14.90)	99	82.41 (12.81)	−6.11 (2.14)	0.45	−2.86	167	.005	−10.34; − 1.89
Physical Functioning	8	70	82.00 (17.83)	99	91.41 (8.03)	−9.41 (2.28)	0.72	−4.13	89	<.001*	− 13.95; − 4.89
Emotional Functioning	5	70	71.57 (18.19)	99	79.24 (16.39)	−7.67 (2.67)	0.45	−2.86	167	.005	−12.96; −2.38
Social Functioning	5	70	81.86 (18.65)	99	86.67 (14.05)	−4.81 (2.64)	0.30	−1.82	122	.071*	− 10.03; 0.42
School Functioning	5	70	75.45 (19.39)	99	81.31 (16.28)	−5.86 (2.75)	0.33	−2.13	167	.035	−11.30; − 0.42
Parent Proxy-report
Total Score	23	69	77.66 (13.99)	100	84.14 (11.00)	−6.48 (1.93)	0.53	−3.36	167	.001	−10.28; −2.67
Psychosocial Health	15	69	76.79 (14.52)	100	82.15 (11.79)	−5.36 (2.03)	0.41	−2.64	167	.009	−9.36; −1.34
Physical Functioning	8	69	80.26 (15.66)	100	90.11 (12.37)	−9.85 (2.25)	0.71	−4.37	123	<.001*	− 14.31; − 5.39
Emotional Functioning	5	69	70.91 (17.07)	100	78.40 (14.94)	−7.49 (2.48)	0.47	−3.02	167	.003	−12.39; − 2.60
Social Functioning	5	69	82.30 (18.88)	100	86.09 (14.52)	−3.79 (2.57)	0.23	−1.40	121	.163*	− 9.13; 1.55
School Functioning	5	69	77.17 (16.66)	100	81.95 (15.79)	−4.78 (2.53)	0.30	−1.89	167	.061	−9.77; 0.21

N number of participants, SD standard deviation, df degrees of freedom, CI confidence interval.
*Welch’s t used due to unequal variances, according to Levene’s Test for Equality of Variances
^aDifference between patient and control sample mean scores
^bStandard Error Difference

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