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Table 4 Association between disability and CBCL scoring in survivors of childhood brain tumor

From: Behavioral outcome among survivors of childhood brain tumor: a case control study

 

Disability (Physical disability, visual impairment and/or hearing impairment)

Physical disability

Visual Impairment

Hearing Impairment

Yes

n = 28

Median (IQR)

No

n = 10

Median (IQR)

p-value

Yes

n = 13

Median (IQR)

No

n = 25

Median (IQR)

p-value

Yes

n = 25

Median (IQR)

No

n = 13

Median (IQR)

p-value

Yes

n = 7

Median (IQR)

No

n = 31

Median (IQR)

p-value

CBCL

Main Scales

Internalizing score

58.0 (52.5–67.5)

52.0 (47.5–59.0)

0.061

58.0 (55.5–69.5)

57.0 (49.0–63.0)

0.109

58.0 (55.5–67.5)

52.0 (47.0–61.0)

0.036

58.0 (46.0–68.0)

57.0 (50.0–65.0)

0.970

Externalizing score

55.0 (49.5–59.0)

47.0 (43.7–51.0)

0.006

52.0 (47.0–59.0)

53.0 (47.0–57.5)

0.537

55.0 (48.0–59.0)

49.0 (47.0–55.5)

0.175

55.0 (49.0–63.0)

52.0 (47.0–58.0)

0.282

Total score

58.5 (53.0–63.5)

50.0 (45.5–53.8)

0.015

59.0 (53.5–68.0)

52.0 (47.0–60.5)

0.036

59.0 (53.5–62.0)

50.0 (45.5–56.5)

0.019

59.0 (49.0–67.0)

56.0 (50.0–62.0)

0.678

Subscales

Anxious

52.0 (51–64.8)

52.5 (50.0–58.3)

0.524

52.0 (51.0–64.5)

52.0 (50.0–61.0)

0.367

52.0 (51.0–64.5)

52.0 (50.0–60.0)

0.419

51.0 (51.0–58.0)

52.0 (50.0–63.0)

0.819

Withdrawn/Depressed

57.5 (53.3–63.0)

53.0 (50.0–63.8)

0.404

60.0 (53.0–63.0)

54.0 (52.0–64.5)

0.506

58.0 (53.0–64.5)

54.0 (51.0–59.5)

0.227

59.0 (53.0–66.0)

56.0 (52.0–63.0)

0.649

Somatic complaints

61.0 (50.8–70.0)

53.0 (51.0–55.3)

0.150

64.0 (51.5–75.0)

54.0 (51.0–69.0)

0.149

61.0 (53.0–70.0)

53.0 (50.5–55.5)

0.065

57.0 (50.0–74.0)

56.0 (53.0–70.0)

1.000

Social problems

61.0 (56.3–67.5)

52.0 (50.0–58.3)

0.005

66.0 (59.0–70.0)

56.0 (51.0–61.5)

0.001

61.0 (56.6–67)

53.0 (50.0–59.5)

0.010

61.0 (58.0–68.0)

58.0 (53.0–66.0)

0.396

Thought problems

55.0 (51.0–64.0)

52.0 (50.0–56.5)

0.122

58.0 (50.0–68.0)

54.0 (50.0–58.5)

0.242

55.0 (50.0–64.0)

54.0 (50.0–58.5)

0.522

51.0 (50.0–59.0)

54.0 (50.0–61.0)

0.620

Attention problems

59.0 (53.3–64.3)

53.0 (51.0–60.3)

0.100

59.0 (56.5–66.5)

54.0 (52.0–61.5)

0.028

59.0 (54.5–62.0)

53.0 (51.0–64.5)

0.130

57.0 (53.0–65.0)

57.0 (52.0–62.0)

0.706

Rule breaking behavior

53.0 (51.0–54.0)

51.0 (50.0–52.0)

0.025

53.0 (50.0–54.0)

52.0 (51.0–54.0)

0.719

53.0 (50.5–54.0)

51.0 (51.0–52.0)

0.216

53.0 (50.0–54.0)

52.0 (51.0–54.0)

0.565

Aggressive behavior

55.0 (51.0–59.0)

50.0 (50.0–52.5)

0.004

53.0 (51.0–61.0)

54.0 (50.0–57.0)

0.418

55.0 (51.0–58.5)

51.0 (50.0–57.0)

0.181

53.0 (52.0–64.0)

52.0 (50.0–57.0)

0.223

  1. n number, IQR interquartile range (25th centile –75th centile); analysis using Mann-Whitney U test
  2. statistically significant with p-value <0.05