Functioning scale | No. of items | Diabetic children (8–12  years) n = 24 | Healthy children (8–12 years) n = 28 | Independent t test | Diabetic adolescents (13–18 years) n = 36 | Healthy adolescents (13–18 years) n = 32 | Independent t test | ||
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t | p value | t | p value | ||||||
PedsQLâ„¢ 4.0 Generic Core Scales (child self-report) | |||||||||
 Total score | 23 | 77.05 ± 14.58 | 79.32 ± 11.15 | 0.638 | 0.527 | 64.37 ± 14.54 | 74.74 ± 13.34 | 3.051 | 0.003** |
40.22–100 | 55.43–100 | 35.87–92.39 | 45.66–92.39 | ||||||
 Physical health | 8 | 80.07 ± 15.01 | 82.6 ± 11.01 | 0.698 | 0.488 | 66.64 ± 15.56 | 80.20 ± 13.63 | 3.800 | 0.001** |
40.63–100 | 54.17–100 | 37.5–96.88 | 43.75–100 | ||||||
 Emotional functioning | 5 | 70.31 ± 16.14 | 74.67 ± 19.41 | 0.872 | 0.388 | 56.08 ± 16.71 | 65.07 ± 19.48 | 2.048 | 0.045* |
35–100 | 35–100 | 25–85 | 33.33–100 | ||||||
 Social functioning | 5 | 81.35 ± 13.89 | 81.8 ± 16.42 | 0.105 | 0.917 | 68.06 ± 15.70 | 77.01 ± 16.84 | 2.267 | 0. 027* |
45–100 | 50–100 | 35–90 | 45–100 | ||||||
 School functioning | 5 | 74.48 ± 15.78 | 76.47 ± 14.08 | 0.482 | 0.632 | 65.52 ± 13.67 | 75.89 ± 16.16 | 2.864 | 0. 006** |
40–100 | 50–100 | 35–95 | 40–100 | ||||||
 Psychosocial health | 15 | 75.54 ± 14.89 | 77.64 ± 12.84 | 0.547 | 0.587 | 63.27 ± 14.48 | 72.67 ± 13.88 | 2.725 | 0. 008** |
40–100 | 45–100 | 35–90 | 44.23–94.23 | ||||||
PedsQLâ„¢ 4.0 Generic Core Scales (parent proxy-report) | |||||||||
 Total score | 23 | 73.45 ± 15.25 | 77.75 ± 10.82 | 1.185 | 0.242 | 61.71 ± 14.71 | 71.97 ± 11.96 | 3.133 | 0.003** |
39.13–98.91 | 52.38–97.83 | 32.61–86.96 | 41.3–93.48 | ||||||
 Physical health | 8 | 76.63 ± 16.14 | 82.23 ± 12.14 | 1.427 | 0.160 | 64.94 ± 16.76 | 76.51 ± 15.84 | 2.915 | 0.005** |
37.5–100 | 50–100 | 34.38–93.75 | 37.5–96.88 | ||||||
 Emotional functioning | 5 | 67.92 ± 17.87 | 70.45 ± 17.13 | 0.519 | 0.606 | 52.19 ± 16.73 | 62.58 ± 16.75 | 2.555 | 0.013* |
30–100 | 35–95 | 20–80 | 25–100 | ||||||
 Social functioning | 5 | 77.03 ± 12.85 | 82.5 ± 12.95 | 1.524 | 0.134 | 65.17 ± 15.17 | 74.71 ± 15.29 | 2.578 | 0.012* |
50–100 | 60–100 | 30–90 | 40–100 | ||||||
 School functioning | 5 | 70.94 ± 15.86 | 73.57 ± 14.33 | 0.629 | 0. 532 | 62.88 ± 13.04 | 72.25 ± 14.43 | 2.813 | 0.006** |
35–100 | 40–100 | 30–90 | 43.75–100 | ||||||
 Psychosocial health | 15 | 71.96 ± 15.17 | 75.4 ± 11.35 | 0.932 | 0.356 | 60.08 ± 14.21 | 69.98 ± 12.39 | 3.046 | 0.003** |
40–98.33 | 50–98.33 | 31.67–83.33 | 36.67–91.67 |