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Table 2 Description of study population by disease severity

From: Measuring social participation in children with chronic health conditions: validation and reference values of the child and adolescent scale of participation (CASP) in the German context

  

Without chronic health condition (healthy)

Mild chronic health condition

Severe chronic health condition

Total

N (%)

103 (31.50)

174 (53.21)

50 (15.29)

327 (100.00)

n (%) or mean (SD)

n (%) missing values

n (%) or mean (SD)

n (%) missing values

n (%) or mean (SD)

n (%) missing values

n (%) or mean (SD)

n (%) missing values

Age (years)

 

7.23 (0.29)

7.13 (1.37)

6.61 (2.18)

7.08 (1.36)

Sex

female

54 (52.43)

75 (43.10)

15 (30.00)

144 (44.04)

Migrant background

yes

9*** (8.74)

3 (2.91)

31*** (17.82)

18 (10.34)

19*** (38.00)

13 (26.00)

59 (18.04)

34 (10.40)

Parental education

high

66 (64.08)

4 (3.88)

86 (49.43)

5 (2.87)

28 (56.00)

1 (2.00)

180 (55.05)

10 (3.06)

medium

29 (28.16)

7 (44.25)

20 (40.00)

126 (38.53)

low

4 (3.88)

6 (3.45)

1 (2.00)

11 (3.36)

CASP

 

99.11*** (2.48)

94.65 *** (8.77)

66.86 *** (20.26)

91.80 (14.87)

HrQoL

 

84.41*** (7.01)

1 (0.97)

78.83*** (10.83)

5 (2.87)

74.02*** (10.21)

7 (14.00)

79.99 (10.24)

13 (3.98)

  1. CASP Child and Adolescent Scale of Participation, HrQoL Health related Quality of Life, SD Standard deviation, *Age-adjusted values, † p < .05;
  2. ** p < .01; *** p < .001