Table 3 Comparison of healthy population PedsQL™ scores with neighboring countries
From: Health-related quality of life in paediatric arterial hypertension: a cross-sectional study
Publication | Our Study | Felder-Puig et al. [20] | Berkes et al. [27] | Trapanotto et al. [28] | Jović et al. [29] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Region | Maribor, Slovenia | Vienna, Austria | Debrecen, Hungary | Padua, Italy | Zadar, Zagreb, Osijek and Split in Croatia |
Sample Characteristics | 99 Self- and 100 parent proxy-reports; ages 6 to 15 yr.; 46.5% boys, 53.5% girls | 1412 children aged 8-12 yr.; 51.0% boys, 49.0% girls | 366 Self- and 519 parent proxy-reports, ages 2-18 yr.; 55.5% boys, 44.5% girls | 51 self- and 66 parent proxy-reports, aged 2-18 yr.; 21.2% boys, 78.8% girls | 152 primary school children; 39.5% boys, 60.5% girls |
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |
Patient sample | |||||
Total Score | 84.66 (11.00) | 81.9 (12.6) | 79.33 (12.35) | 79.31 (10.00) | NA |
Psychosocial Health | 82.41 (12.81) | 79.9 (14.1) | 77.29 (13.39) | 77.68 (10.56) | NA |
Physical Functioning | 91.41 (8.03) | 87.8 (11.9) | 83.12 (14.23) | 82.54 (12.17) | 77.85 (NA) |
Emotional Functioning | 79.24 (16.39) | 76.9 (18.1) | 72.10 (17.80) | 72.16 (15.40) | 68.08 (NA) |
Social Functioning | 86.67 (14.05) | 82.6 (17.3) | 83.81 (61.10) | 80.98 (14.35) | 90.47 (NA) |
School Functioning | 81.31 (16.28) | 80.0 (16.7) | 75.84 (16.65) | 79.70 (12.58) | 76.51 (NA) |
Control sample | |||||
Total Score | 84.14 (11.00) | 84.9 (10.5) | 78.85 (13.18) | 81.74 (11.21) | NA |
Psychosocial Health | 82.15 (11.79) | 83.1 (11.6) | 77.33 (13.69) | 81.08 (11.63) | NA |
Physical Functioning | 90.11 (12.37) | 90.6 (10.6) | 81.03 (15.88) | 82.99 (13.41) | NA |
Emotional Functioning | 78.4 (19.94) | 79.4 (15.5) | 71.79 (16.76) | 75.53 (14.00) | NA |
Social Functioning | 86.09 (14.52) | 88.1 (14.0) | 84.45 (16.31) | 83.79 (17.84) | NA |
School Functioning | 81.95 (15.79) | 81.7 (14.2) | 77.01 (16.93) | 84.32 (13.67) | NA |