Table 5.
Comparison ofthe change in PedsQL™ total, summary, and subscale scores from the emergency department visit to follow-up, within child outcome status groups
| Fever | Any Functional Impairment | Return to Healthcare | |||||||
| ≥ 7 days | < 7 days | P-value | ≥ 7 days | < 7 days | P-value | Yes | No | P-value | |
| Proportion with Outcome | 12.0% | 88.0% | -- | 22.3% | 77.7% | -- | 18.5% | 81.5% | -- |
| Change in PedsQL™ Scores ED to FU (mean ± SD) | |||||||||
| Total Score | -5.1 ± 16.5 | 12.8 ± 20.5 | .006 | 0.5 ± 24.0 | 12.6 ± 19.1 | .016 | -6.2 ± 24.4 | 13.4 ± 18.7 | < .001 |
| Physical Summary | -6.5 ± 27.8 | 12.1 ± 18.6 | .045 | -3.2 ± 35.9 | 13.4 ± 26.0 | .019 | -8.8 ± 40.3 | 12.5 ± 24.8 | .050 |
| Psychosocial Summary | -3.2 ± 13.9 | 12.4 ± 18.7 | .009 | 2.9 ± 20.7 | 11.3 ± 18.7 | .077 | -4.4 ± 19.0 | 13.2 ± 17.5 | < .001 |
| Emotional | -0.45 ± 18.6 | 13.6 ± 27.8 | .043 | -3.0 ± 22.5 | 15.5 ± 26.9 | .004 | -9.7 ± 21.1 | 15.9 ± 26.3 | < .001 |
| Social | -3.3 ± 21.5 | 12.2 ± 20.1 | .020 | 8.1 ± 29.3 | 9.5 ± 19.0 | .787 | 5.3 ± 30.7 | 11.5 ± 17.7 | .263 |
| School | -19.3 ± 29.9 | 10.4 ± 29.7 | .038 | -3.6 ± 39.1 | 6.2 ± 32.1 | .372 | -17.5 ± 38.8 | 10.7 ± 25.9 | .005 |
Abbreviations: ED, emergency department; FU, follow-up; SD, standard deviation