Functioning scale | No. of items | Diabetic male children (8–12 years) n = 12 Mean ± SD Range | Diabetic female children (8–12 years) n = 12 Mean ± SD Range | Independent t test | Diabetic male adolescents (13–18 years) n = 10 Mean ± SD Range | Diabetic female adolescents (13–18 years) n = 26 Mean ± SD Range | Independent t test | ||
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t | p value | t | p value | ||||||
PedsQLâ„¢ 4.0 Generic Core Scales | |||||||||
 Total score | 23 | 79.55 ± 14.50 | 74.55 ± 14.85 | 0.834 | 0.413 | 70.56 ± 11.47 | 61.99 ± 15.09 | 1.619 | 0.115 |
53.41–100 | 40.22–94.57 | (50–84.09) | (35.87–92.39) | ||||||
 Physical health | 8 | 82.33 ± 13.08 | 77.81 ± 17.00 | 0.730 | 0.474 | 70.22 ± 13.07 | 65.27 ± 16.44 | 0.852 | 0.400 |
56.25–100 | 40.63–100 | (45.83–84.38) | (37.5–96.88) | ||||||
 Emotional functioning | 5 | 73.85 ± 17.08 | 66.77 ± 15.02 | 1.079 | 0.293 | 65.38 ± 13.39 | 52.50 ± 16.69 | 2.406 | 0.026* |
45–100 | 35–90 | (40–80) | (25–85) | ||||||
 Social functioning | 5 | 83.75 ± 14.32 | 78.96 ± 13.63 | 0.840 | 0.410 | 79.75 ± 8.54 | 63.56 ± 15.6 | 3.092 | 0.004** |
50–100 | 45–95 | (65–90) | (35–90) | ||||||
 School functioning | 5 | 77.08 ± 17.12 | 71.88 ± 14.58 | 0.802 | 0.431 | 66.13 ± 13.00 | 65.29 ± 14.17 | 0.162 | 0.872 |
45–100 | 40–100 | (43.75–85) | (35–95) | ||||||
 Psychosocial health | 15 | 78.26 ± 15.70 | 72.82 ± 14.17 | 0.892 | 0.382 | 70.68 ± 10.98 | 60.41 ± 14.82 | 1.983 | 0.055 |
46.67–100 | 40–91.67 | (51.67–83.93) | (35–90) | ||||||
PedsQLâ„¢ 3.0 Diabetic Module | |||||||||
 total score | 28 | 76.12 ± 15.39 | 69.25 ± 15.89 | 1.076 | 0.294 | 65.60 ± 12.29 | 58.69 ± 15.93 | 1.233 | 0.226 |
50–97.32 | 37.04–88.39 | (41.35–75.93) | (29.63–87.96) | ||||||
 Diabetes symptoms | 11 | 72.86 ± 16.66 | 67.52 ± 17.12 | 0.775 | 0.447 | 63.18 ± 16.06 | 57.91 ± 17.00 | 0.846 | 0.403 |
45.45–93.18 | 31.82–84.1 | (31.82–79.55) | (25–86.36) | ||||||
 Treatment barriers | 4 | 70.31 ± 19.61 | 63.19 ± 16.05 | 0.973 | 0.341 | 61.04 ± 10.72 | 55.69 ± 16.28 | 0.958 | 0.345 |
43.75–100 | 37.5–87.5 | (41.66–68.75) | (31.25–87.5) | ||||||
 Treatment adherence | 7 | 82.54 ± 13.41 | 76.19 ± 15.25 | 1.083 | 0.290 | 67.86 ± 11.17 | 65.93 ± 14.44 | 0.379 | 0.707 |
57.14–100 | 46.43–100 | (42.86–78.57) | (32.14–89.29) | ||||||
 Worry | 3 | 76.39 ± 15.52 | 64.93 ± 19.01 | 1.617 | 0.120 | 69.58 ± 10.02 | 50.64 ± 19.25 | 2.944 | 0.006** |
41.67–100 | 25–91.67 | (50–83.33) | (16.67–87.5) | ||||||
 Communication | 3 | 81.60 ± 13.35 | 70.83 ± 13.99 | 1.928 | 0.067 | 71.67 ± 10.72 | 56.09 ± 18.11 | 3.172 | 0.004** |
58.33–100 | 41.67–83.33 | (50–87.5) | (16.67–91.67) |