Table 1.
EQ-TIPS general instrument performance
| EQ-TIPS dimensions | Age groups | Total (n = 66) | Age group comparison | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–12 months (n = 20) | 13–24 months (n = 12) | 2–4 years (n = 34) | Fisher exact p-value/Kruskal–Wallis test | ||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||
| Movement | |||||
| 1 | 18 (90) | 6 (50) | 24 (71) | 48 (73) | 0.054 |
| 2 | 1 (5) | 3 (25) | 5 (15) | 9 (14) | |
| 3 | 1 (5) | 3 (25) | 5 (15) | 9 (14) | |
| Eating | |||||
| 1 | 14 (70) | 8 (67) | 23 (68) | 45 (68) | 0.999 |
| 2 | 1 (5) | 0 | 5 (15) | 6 (9) | |
| 3 | 5 (25) | 4 (33) | 6 (18) | 15 (23) | |
| Play | |||||
| 1 | 18 (90) | 7 (58) | 25 (74) | 50 (76) | 0.123 |
| 2 | 1 (5) | 2 (17) | 6 (18) | 9 (14) | |
| 3 | 1 (5) | 3 (25) | 3 (9) | 7 (11) | |
| Pain | |||||
| 1 | 16 (80) | 9 (75) | 27 (79) | 52 (79) | 0.925 |
| 2 | 3 (15) | 3 (25) | 7 (21) | 13 (20) | |
| 3 | 1 (5) | 0 | 0 | 1 (2) | |
| Social interaction | |||||
| 1 | 19 (95) | 8 (67) | 23 (68) | 50 (76) | 0.04 |
| 2 | 0 | 3 (25) | 7 (21) | 10 (15) | |
| 3 | 1 (5) | 1 (8) | 4 (12) | 6 (9) | |
| Communication | |||||
| 1 | 17 (85) | 8 (67) | 19 (56) | 44 (67) | 0.331 |
| 2 | 2 (10) | 3 (25) | 7 (21) | 12 (18) | |
| 3 | 1 (5) | 1 (8) | 8 (24) | 10 (15) | |
| 111111 | 12 (60) | 4 (33) | 14 (41) | 30 (46) | 0.324 |
| 333333 | 1 (5) | 0 | 0 | 1 (2) | 0.484 |
1: no problems, 2: some problems and 3: a lot of problems