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. 2023 Nov 22;17(1):65–82. doi: 10.1007/s40271-023-00657-4

Table 3.

Concurrent validity of EQ-TIPS and EQ-5D-Y-3L and PedsQL and PTHSI Child QoL scores

PedsQL PTHSI
Physical functioning subscore Physical symptoms subscore Emotional functioning subscore Social functioning subscore Cognitive/school functioning subscore Psychosocial summary score Physical health summary score Total score Child QoL %
EQ-TIPS dimension and total scores (1 month to 4 years)
 Movement −0.51** −0.51** −0.14 −0.46** −0.35** −0.47** −0.53** −0.52** −0.12
 Play −0.50** −0.49** −0.10 −0.47** −0.32* −0.45** −0.51** −0.51** −0.12
 Pain −0.26* −0.48** −0.22 −0.23 0.08 −0.21 −0.26* −0.30* −0.16
 Social interaction −0.38** −0.21 −0.21 −0.63** −0.30* −0.55** −0.37** −0.56** −0.32
 Communication −0.37** −0.30 −0.16 −0.73** −0.28 −0.55** −0.37** −0.55** −0.34
 Eating −0.40** −0.53** −0.06 −0.42** −0.02 −0.26* −0.40** −0.35** −0.15
 VAS 0.26* 0.55** 0.18 0.33** 0.13 0.32* 0.27* 0.38** 0.18
 LSS −0.60** −0.60** −0.24 −0.61** −0.35** −0.54** −0.61** −0.62** −0.12
EQ-5D_Y-3L dimension and total scores (5–18 years)
 Mobility −0.26 N/A −0.19 −0.20 −0.30 −0.28 -0.26 −0.28 −0.23*
 Looking after myself −0.43* N/A −0.36* −0.49** −0.42* −0.54** −0.43* −0.51** −17
 Doing usual activities −0.38* N/A −0.28 −0.42** −0.37 −0.45** −0.38* −0.44** −0.28**
 Having pain or discomfort −0.74* N/A −0.65** −0.47** −0.35 −0.51** −0.74* −0.48** −0.16
 Feeling worried, sad or unhappy −0.36* N/A −0.60** −0.33* −-0.48** −0.47** −0.36* −0.47** −0.27*
 VAS 0.07 N/A 0.33* 0.31 0.17 0.32 0.07 0.26 0.15
 LSS −0.56** N/A −0.51** −0.53** −0.48* −0.59** −0.56** −0.58** −0.37**
PTHSI (1 month to 18 years)
 Child % score 0.30 0.16 0.10 0.37* 0.40* 0.32 0.30 0.33*

Dark shading indicated a high association (≥0.5) and lighter shading indicates a moderate association (0.3–0.49)

LSS level sum score, N/A not applicable, PedsQL Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory, PTHSI , QoL quality of life, VAS Visual Analogue Scale, * correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (two-tailed), ** correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (two-tailed)