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Table 3 CBCL scores of survivors of childhood brain tumor vs survivors of childhood leukemia vs healthy controls

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

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 Withdrawn/depressed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

  1. N number, IQR interquartile range (25th centile –75th centile); analysis using Kruskal-Wallis test
  2. *significant difference is between brain tumor survivors and healthy children and leukemia survivors (Mann-Whitney U test)
  3. **significant difference is between brain tumor survivors and healthy children (Mann-Whitney U test)
  4. statistically significant with p-value <0.05