Table 6 Comparison of PedsQL acute cancer module items hypothesised to be different between those predicted to be at high and low risk for poor physical, emotional and social functionings

From: Identification of paediatric cancer patients with poor quality of life

Variable

High risk group a Median (IQR)

Low risk group Median (IQR)

P -value b

Physical summary score

N=19

N=357

0.037

 Pain and hurt

50.0 (37.5, 62.5)

62.5 (50.0, 75.0)

 

Emotional summary score

N=8

N=368

 

 Pain and hurt

25.0 (18.8, 56.3)

62.5 (50.0, 75.0)

0.01

 Nausea

25.0 (12.5, 37.5)

55.0 (40.0, 75.0)

0.0003

 Anxiety

29.2 (12.5, 37.5)

50.0 ( 25.0, 75.0)

0.08

 Worry

50.0 (29.2, 50.0)

75.0 (50.0, 100.0 )

0.01

 Cognition

43.3 (17.5, 50.0)

68.8 (50.0, 87.5)

<0.0001

Social summary score

N=41

N=335

 

 Communication

50.0 (33.3, 75.0)

75.0 (50.0, 91.7)

0.0005

 Cognition

55.0 (41.7, 65.0

70.0 (50.0, 87.5)

0.0002

  1. IQR=interquartile range; PedsQL=paediatric quality of life inventory.
  2. aPredicted high-risk group defined as those with attributes identified as independently associated with poor functioning in logistic multiple regression (from Table 5).
  3. bP-value for comparison between high- and low-risk groups using Wilcoxon rank-sum test.
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