From: Behavioral outcome among survivors of childhood brain tumor: a case control study
Scales | Childhood brain tumor survivors (n = 38) Median (IQR) | Childhood leukemia survivors (n = 38) Median (IQR) | Healthy children (n = 38) Median (IQR) | p-value |
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Main scales | ||||
Internalizing score | 57.5 (50.0–65.5) | 53.0 (46.8–63.5) | 53.0 (41.0–59.3) | 0.061 |
Externalizing score | 52.5 (47.0–58.3) | 51.0 (44.0–59.0) | 51.5 (42.5–57.5) | 0.767 |
Total score | 56.0 (49.8–62.0) | 53.0 (44.8–61.0) | 52.0 (41.8–57.3) | 0.076 |
Subscales | ||||
Anxious | 52.0 (50.8–62.3) | 52.0 (51.0–62.3) | 51.5 (50.0–60.0) | 0.319 |
Withdrawn/depressed | 56.5 (52.0–63.0) | 52.5 (50.0–63.0) | 53.5 (50.0–58.5) | 0.175 |
Somatic complaints | 56.5 (51.0–70.0) | 53.0 (50.0–58.8) | 53.0 (50.0–61.8) | 0.127 |
Social problems | 58.5 (53.0–66.0) | 53.5 (51.0–58.5) | 52.5 (50.0–58.5) | 0.012* |
Thought problems | 54.0 (50.0–61.0) | 52.5 (50.0–58.0) | 50.0 (50.0–56.8) | 0.168 |
Attention problems | 57.0 (52.0–62.5) | 53.0 (51.8–57.0) | 54.5 (51.0–57.0 | 0.024** |
Rule breaking behaviour | 52.0 (51.0–54.0) | 51.0 (50.0–55.5) | 51.0 (50.0–53.3) | 0.398 |
Aggressive behavior | 53.5 (50.8–57.3) | 53.5 (50.0–61.0) | 52.0 (50.0–60.0) | 0.965 |