Table 2.
Comparison of HRQOL in treatment-seeking overweight and obese girls and the KIDSCREEN norm samplea
| Girls 8 - 11 | Girls 12 - 16 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KIDSCREEN-scale | Norm (n = 295) m (SE) |
Patients (n = 427) m (SE) |
F | p | d | Norm (n = 465) m (SE) |
Patients (n = 660) m (SE) |
F | p | d |
| Physical Well-being | 54.9 (0.5) | 45.4 (0.4) | 200.5 | <.001 | 0.94 | 50.4 (0.4) | 41.3 (0.3) | 321.8 | <.001 | 0.98 |
| Psychol. Well-being | 55.5 (0.5) | 48.4 (0.5) | 102.2 | <.001 | 0.72 | 49.7 (0.4) | 44.5 (0.4) | 86.0 | <.001 | 0.56 |
| Parents | 53.8 (0.6) | 51.1 (0.5) | 14.2 | <.001 | 0.29 | 51.4 (0.4) | 50.2 (0.4) | 4.6 | 0.03 | 0.14 |
| Peers | 51.5 (0.6) | 50.1 (0.5) | 3.0 | 0.08 | nsb | 50.7 (0.5) | 50.1 (0.4) | 1.1 | 0.31 | nsb |
| School | 56.0 (0.6) | 54.5 (0.5) | 3.8 | 0.05 | nsb | 50.1 (0.4) | 49.7 (0.4) | 0.7 | 0.41 | nsb |
| KIDSCREEN-Index | 55.8 (0.6) | 50.4 (0.5) | 50.2 | <.001 | 0.53 | 49.8 (0.4) | 46.7 (0.3) | 35.9 | <.001 | 0.37 |
| Self-perception | 54.7 (0.5) | 42.8 (0.4) | 338.1 | <.001 | 1.12 | 47.0 (0.4) | 38.0 (0.3) | 344.4 | <.001 | 1.01 |
a Adjusted for age, gender, and socioeconomic status
b ns = not significant; only significant effects sizes are reported