Table 3.
Descriptive measures, associated constructs and reliability indices.
| Total | Cognition | Mobility and Self-care | Getting along | Life activities: Home |
Life activities: School |
Participation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | |||||||
| Sex | |||||||
| Female | 2.21 | 2.45 | 1.76* | 2.20** | 2.38 | 2.25* | 2.42** |
| Male | 2.12 | 2.36 | 1.61 | 1.98 | 2.58 | 2.47 | 2.15 |
| Age | |||||||
| 6-12 years | 2.14 | 2.40 | 1.67 | 1.88** | 2.69** | 2.49* | 2.12* |
| 13-18 years | 2.17 | 2.37 | 1.67 | 2.25 | 2.30 | 2.71 | 2.38 |
| Diagnostic | |||||||
| Depressive disorder | 2.14 | 2.29 | 1.72 | 2.07* | 2.39* | 2.30 | 2.34** |
| Hypercinetic disorders | 2.13 | 2.42 | 1.65 | 1.97 | 2.64 | 2.45 | 2.05 |
| Others | 2.27 | 2.53 | 1.63 | 2.36 | 2.28 | 2.35 | 2.75 |
| Correlation | |||||||
| Months of Hospital Care | -.143** | -.079 | -.118* | -.189** | .060 | -.057 | -.199** |
| Education (years) | 0.043 | -0.024 | 0.051 | .232** | -0.152** | -0.119* | .141** |
| WHODAS 2.0-Children | |||||||
| Cronbach’s Alpha | .917 | .782 | .753 | .837 | .910 | .933 | .746 |
| McDonald’s Omega | .917 | .783 | .764 | .839 | .910 | .933 | .747 |
| Mean+ | 2.16 | 2.39 | 1.67 | 2.06 | 2.51 | 2.39 | 2.25 |
| Standard Deviation | 0.59 | 0.77 | 0.63 | 0.86 | 1.00 | 1.06 | 0.82 |
+ Theoretical Mean = 3; Range: 1 to 5.
**p <.01.
*p <.05.
Hyperkinetic and depressive disorders were chosen as main disorders since they represented 85% (51% and 34%, respectively), the remaining percentage was distributed as follows: Bipolar disorders (0.5%) Schizophrenia (0.2%), Other psychotic disorders (0.5%) Unspecific mental disorders (1.8%) Dissocial behavioral disorders (1.0%) Psychoactive substance use disorders (0.2%) Asperger syndrome (0.5%).