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. 2024 Mar 22;22:27. doi: 10.1186/s12955-024-02241-2

Table 3.

Comparison of child-reported and parent-reported fatigue scores between patients and comparisons over time

Group Main Effect Group by Time interaction Time 1 Time 2 Time 3
Child report Mean differencea (95% CI) Effect size p Χ2 (df) p Mean differencea (95% CI) Effect size p Mean differencea (95% CI) Effect size p Mean differencea (95% CI) Effect size p
Total fatigue 4.92 (-0.02, 9.86) 0.28 0.051 2.04 (2) 0.360 3.89 (-2.11, 9.90) 0.23 0.203 3.13 (-3.20, 9.46) 0.18 0.332 7.70 (1.30, 14.11) 0.45 0.018
General fatigue 5.34 (0.014, 10.53) 0.28 0.044 0.53 (2) 0.976 5.65 (-0.95, 12.25) 0.30 0.093 5.00 (-1.98, 11.99) 0.26 0.160 4.82 (-2.27, 11.90) 0.25 0.183
Sleep/rest fatigue 4.04 (-1.31, 9.39) 0.20 0.139 2.60 (2) 0.272 2.03 (-5.00, 9.07) 0.10 0.571 1.97 (-5.50, 9.44) 0.10 0.605 8.32 (0.74, 15.90) 0.41 0.031
Cognitive fatigue 5.78 (-0.81, 12.37) 0.24 0.086 2.33 (2) 0.311 4.26 (-4.02, 12.53) 0.18 0.313 3.10 (-5.66, 11.86) 0.13 0.488 10.21 (1.34, 19.08) 0.43 0.024
Parent report Mean differencea (95% CI) Effect size p Χ2 (df) p Mean differencea (95% CI) Effect size p Mean differencea (95% CI) Effect size p Mean differencea (95% CI) Effect size p
Total fatigue 12.10 (7.37, 16.82) 0.76 < 0.001 4.13 (2) 0.127 13.87 (8.63, 19.11) 0.87 < 0.001 9.47 (4.02, 14.91) 0.60 0.001 13.07 (7.57, 18.57) 0.82 < 0.001
General fatigue 13.41 (8.47, 18.34) 0.76 < 0.001 8.55 (2) 0.014 17.02 (11.26, 22.77) 0.97 < 0.001 8.56 (2.52, 14.60) 0.49 0.005 14.35 (8.23, 20.47) 0.82 < 0.001
Sleep/rest fatigue 9.49 (4.65, 14.33) 0.58 < 0.001 4.27 (2) 0.118 12.43 (6.85, 18.00) 0.76 < 0.001 6.80 (0.97, 12.64) 0.42 0.022 8.74 (2.83, 14.64) 0.53 0.004
Cognitive fatigue 13.22 (7.08, 19.36) 0.65 < 0.001 1.58 (2) 0.454 12.19 (5.37, 19.01) 0.60 < 0.001 12.87 (5.78, 20.00) 0.63 < 0.001 15.78 (8.62, 22.94) 0.78 < 0.001

a Comparison group–patient group. Time 1 = 3-months post-treatment completion. Time 2 = 15-months post-treatment completion. Time 3 = 27-months post-treatment completion