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Table 5 Association between survivors’ of childhood brain tumor education level and CBCL scores

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

Survivors’ education level

Primary education

n = 15 Median (IQR)

Secondary education

n = 9 Median (IQR)

No formal education

n = 1

Special education

n = 13 Median (IQR)

p-value

CBCL

Main Scales

Internalizing score

54.0 (48.0–65.0)

58.0 (54.5–60.5)

69.0

58.0 (51.0–69.0)

0.242

Externalizing score

51.0 (47.0–56.0)

52.0 (43.5–58.0)

44.0

59.0 (49.5–59.5)

0.159

Total score

53.0 (46.0–59.0)

56.0 (49.5–60.0)

62.0

59.0 (52.0–68.0)

0.150

Subscales

Anxious

52.0 (50.0–62.0)

52.0 (50.5–59.5)

57.0

55.0 (51.0–64.5)

0.783

Withdrawn/Depressed

54.0 (50.0–66.0)

54.0 (52.5–61.5)

63.0

58.0 (55.0–61.0)

0.596

Somatic complaints

55.0 (51.0–61.0)

64.0 (53.0–70.0)

78.0

61.0 (50.0–74.0)

0.233

Social problems

55.0 (50.0–58.0)

56.0 (52.0–56.0)

69.0

63.0 (60.0–69.0)

0.006*

Thought problems

54.0 (50.0–58.0)

55.0 (50.5–65.0)

50.0

55.0 (50.5–67.0)

0.416

Attention problems

55.0 (52.0–61.0)

53.0 (52.0–59.0)

59.0

65.0 (58.0–67.0)

0.050

Rule breaking behavior

52.0 (51.0–53.0)

51.0 (50.0–54.0)

50.0

53.0 (50.5–54.0)

0.537

Aggressive behavior

51.0 (50.0–55.0)

52.0 (50.0–58.0)

50.0

57.0 (51.5–63.0)

0.072

  1. n: number, value presented as median (25th centile – 75th centile), analysis using Kruskal-Wallis test
  2. *significant difference is between primary education and special education (Mann-Whitney U test)
  3. statistically significant with p-value <0.05