Table 2.
Mean Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) Scores for Total, Summary and Sub-scales stratified by Strabismus or Amblyopia, The Multi-Ethnic Pediatric Eye Disease Study.
| Strabismus | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Health-related Quality of Life Scores | Total Sample (N=4,218) | Children without Strabismus (N=4,097) | Children with Strabismus (N=121) | p-value b | |||
| Mean | SD a | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
| Total Scale Score | 91.8 | 9.6 | 91.9 | 9.4 | 88.0 | 14.8 | <0.01 |
| Physical Health Summary Score | 94.1 | 9.8 | 94.2 | 9.5 | 90.1 | 17.0 | <0.01 |
| Psychosocial Health Summary Score | 90.4 | 11.2 | 90.6 | 11.1 | 86.8 | 15.5 | <0.01 |
| Emotional Functioning | 87.3 | 14.8 | 87.5 | 14.6 | 82.3 | 18.9 | <0.01 |
| Social Functioning | 93.0 | 12.6 | 93.1 | 12.4 | 90.5 | 17.4 | 0.17 |
| School Functioning | 90.5 | 13.3 | 90.6 | 13.2 | 86.4 | 15.9 | 0.04 |
| Amblyopia | |||||||
| Total Sample (N=3,318) | Children without Amblyopia (N=3,247) | Children with Amblyopia (N=71) | |||||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | p value b | |
| Total Scale Score | 91.8 | 9.3 | 91.8 | 9.3 | 91.4 | 9.0 | 0.72 |
| Physical Health Summary Score | 94.1 | 9.4 | 94.1 | 9.4 | 94.5 | 9.1 | 0.74 |
| Psychosocial Health Summary Score | 90.3 | 11.0 | 90.4 | 11.0 | 89.5 | 11.0 | 0.50 |
| Emotional Functioning | 87.0 | 15.0 | 87.1 | 15.0 | 85.3 | 14.2 | 0.33 |
| Social Functioning | 93.0 | 12.2 | 93.0 | 12.2 | 93.6 | 12.0 | 0.68 |
| School Functioning | 90.8 | 12.8 | 90.8 | 12.8 | 90.6 | 12.3 | 0.93 |
a
SD = Standard Deviation.
b
The scores are compared using 2-sample t-tests and p-values are reported. Significant p-values are bolded.