Table 2.
Scale descriptive | Child self reports (n = 55) |
Proxy reports (n = 98) |
Patients-proxy scale | ||||
Mean | SD* | α ** | Mean | SD* | α ** | ICC*** | |
Generic Scale | |||||||
Total score | 71.8 | 17.8 | 0.86 | 71.3 | 17.2 | 0.92 | 0.62 |
Physical health | 68.1 | 26.4 | 0.83 | 64.3 | 26.6 | 0.87 | 0.61 |
Psychosocial health | 73.4 | 17.3 | 0.81 | 73.2 | 16.0 | 0.88 | 0.56 |
Emotional functioning | 71.2 | 22.1 | 0.69 | 69.1 | 21.8 | 0.78 | 0.46 |
Social functioning | 83.4 | 16.6 | 0.57 | 85.0 | 16.0 | 0.67 | 0.36 |
School Functioning**** | 63.5 | 24.6 | 0.66 | 61.6 | 26.0 | 0.79 | 0.44 |
Cancer Scale | |||||||
Total score | 77.1 | 16.8 | 0.82 | 72.2 | 18.3 | 0.89 | 0.62 |
Pain and hurt | 80.1 | 27.4 | 0.70 | 71.0 | 29.8 | 0.84 | 0.31 |
Nausea | 82.6 | 21.4 | 0.87 | 78.8 | 19.5 | 0.74 | 0.54 |
Procedural anxiety | 69.9 | 32.3 | 0.85 | 60.1 | 36.9 | 0.89 | 0.61 |
Treatment anxiety | 88.2 | 22.5 | 0.78 | 74.4 | 33.2 | 0.90 | 0.33 |
Worry | 75.5 | 27.7 | 0.73 | 74.6 | 25.8 | 0.80 | 0.33 |
Cognitive problem | 76.9 | 23,2 | 0.88 | 77.6 | 23.9 | 0.91 | 0.60 |
Perceived physical appear | 76.4 | 27.2 | 0.64 | 82.5 | 22.6 | 0.69 | 0.16 NS |
communication | 68.3 | 37.0 | 0.83 | 60.2 | 36.9 | 0.84 | 0.70 |
Higher score indicate higher quality of life or fewer problems.
*SD = standard deviation; **α = internal consistency; ***ICC = Interclass correlation coefficient between proxy-reports and child-reports; ****n = 46 in child reports and n = 64 in proxy report.
NS = no significant