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. 2008 Aug 7;6:59. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-59

Table 4.

Scale Descriptives for Argentinean Spanish version of the PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales Child Self-Report and Proxy-Report

Scale Scale Descriptives

Mean ± SD1 Range Floor Effect2
(%)
Ceiling Effect2
(%)
N α3
Self-Report

Total 66.87 ± 16.74 26–99 0 0 177 0.86
Physical 67.76 ± 19.6 0–100 0.5 4.8 196 0.69
Psychosocial 66.36 ± 17.49 27–100 0 0.5 186 0.80
Emotional 65 ± 21.31 0–100 0.5 5.3 208 0.59
Social 69.1 ± 21.67 10–100 0 11.1 203 0.59
School 65.6 ± 21.3 10–100 0 5.2 189 0.62

Proxy-Report

Total 73.36 ± 16.09 14–100 0 1.7 183 0.87
Physical 74.67 ± 20.06 4–100 0 10.1 272 0.78
Psychosocial 72.41 ± 16.45 18–100 0 2.4 189 0.81
Emotional 69.16 ± 19.6 5–100 0 6.3 285 0.66
Social 77.78 ± 20.73 5–100 0 20.2 283 0.71
School 68.74 ± 24 5–100 0 1.7 192 0.68

1 Higher mean values indicate better HRQOL (range 0–100).

2Floor and ceiling effects are considered present if > 15% of extreme values were used

3Cronbach α Coefficient.