Health-related quality of life in a group of Egyptian children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes: relationship to microvascular complications

Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 7 Correlation between Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory scores with metabolic control parameters of type 1 diabetes in the studied diabetic patients

Functioning scale	MRBG (mg/dl)		HbA1c (%)		Mean insulin dose (IU/kg/d)		Number of DKA attacks		Number of hypoglycemic attacks		Number of hospitalization
Functioning scale	r	p value	r	p value	r	p value	r	p value	r	p value	r	p value
PedsQL™ 4.0 Generic Core Scales
Total score	− 0.875	< 0.001**	− 0.890	< 0.001**	− 0.217	0.095	− 0.751	< 0.001^**	− 0.580	< 0.001**	− 0.751	< 0.001**
Physical health	− 0.881	< 0.001**	− 0.904	< 0.001**	− 0.179	0.171	− 0.758	< 0.001^**	− 0.604	< 0.001**	− 0.758	< 0.001**
Psychosocial health	− 0.847	< 0.001**	− 0.856	< 0.001**	− 0.227	0.082	− 0.726	< 0.001^**	− 0.550	< 0.001**	− 0.726	< 0.001**
PedsQL™ 3.0 Diabetic Module
total score	− 0.925	< 0.001**	− 0.941	< 0.001**	− 0.247	0.057	− 0.750	< 0.001**	− 0.616	< 0.001**	− 0.750	< 0.001**
Diabetes symptoms	− 0.916	< 0.001**	− 0.934	< 0.001**	− 0.285	0.027*	− 0.743	< 0.001**	− 0.645	< 0.001**	− 0.743	< 0.001**
Treatment barriers	− 0.869	< 0.001**	− 0.907	< 0.001**	− 0.236	0.070	− 0.633	< 0.001**	− 0.547	< 0.001**	− 0.633	< 0.001**
Treatment adherence	− 0.940	< 0.001**	− 0.941	< 0.001**	− 0.240	0.065	− 0.735	< 0.001**	− 0.579	< 0.001**	− 0.735	< 0.001**
Worry	− 0.816	< 0.001**	− 0.826	< 0.001**	− 0.184	0.159	− 0.740	< 0.001**	− 0.561	< 0.001**	− 0.740	< 0.001**
Communication	− 0.720	< 0.001**	− 0.738	< 0.001**	− 0.243	0.061	− 0.662	< 0.001**	− 0.479	< 0.001**	− 0.662	< 0.001**