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. 2011 Apr 10;9:22. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-9-22

Table 3.

Score distributions of the Japanese version of the PedsQL Cancer Module (Child self-report)

Subscale n mean (SD, range) α floor ceiling skewness
Total 193 77.89 (15.35, 29.79-100) 0.78 62.54 93.24 -.620
Pain and hurt 202 84.72 (19.66, 0-100) 0.72 65.06 104.38 -1.177
Nausea 199 82.96 (23.96, 0-100) 0.88 59.00 106.92 -1.548
Procedural anxiety 203 72.90 (30.96, 0-100) 0.87 41.94 103.86 -1.032
Treatment anxiety 203 93.14 (17.01, 0-100) 0.84 76.13 110.15 -3.400
Worry 202 76.61 (25.91, 0-100) 0.80 50.70 102.52 -1.101
Cognitive problems 201 72.39 (22.09, 6.25-100) 0.72 50.30 94.48 -.546
Perceived physical appearance 204 70.34 (28.58, 0-100) 0.75 41.76 98.92 -.797
Communication 204 67.03 (27.01, 0-100) 0.74 40.02 94.04 -.596

2-4 years
Total
Pain and hurt
Nausea
Procedural anxiety
Treatment anxiety NA
Worry
Cognitive problems
Perceived physical appearance
Communication

5-7 years
Total 58 73.27 (14.57, 43.33-100) 0.67 58.70 87.84 .039
Pain and hurt 61 84.02 (19.38, 50-100) 0.53 64.64 103.40 -.735
Nausea 61 76.72 (23.86, 0-100) 0.82 52.86 100.58 -1.295
Procedural anxiety 62 55.11 (36.91, 0-100) 0.88 18.20 92.02 -.159
Treatment anxiety 61 88.25 (22.62, 0-100) 0.79 65.63 110.87 -2.275
Worry 60 73.61 (28.01, 0-100) 0.73 45.60 101.62 -.915
Cognitive problems 60 73.13 (23.11, 12.5-100) 0.67 50.02 96.24 -.572
Perceived physical appearance 62 70.43 (28.22, 0-100) 0.67 42.21 98.65 -.786
Communication 62 59.95 (26.90, 0-100) 0.60 33.05 86.85 -.422

8-12 years
Total 72 79.36 (15.94, 32.71-100) 0.82 63.42 95.30 -.923
Pain and hurt 75 86.17 (20.51, 0-100) 0.84 65.66 106.68 -1.825
Nausea 73 83.84 (25.65, 5-100) 0.91 58.19 109.49 -1.715
Procedural anxiety 75 78.22 (27.57, 0-100) 0.89 50.65 105.79 -1.393
Treatment anxiety 75 94.56 (14.14, 25-100) 0.83 80.42 108.70 -3.636
Worry 75 78.78 (25.79, 0-100) 0.83 52.99 104.57 -1.130
Cognitive problems 74 71.35 (20.70, 5-100) 0.72 50.65 92.05 -.600
Perceived physical appearance 75 72.00 (29.69, 0-100) 0.80 42.31 101.69 -.906
Communication 75 66.67 (28.08, 0-100) 0.76 38.59 94.75 -.590

13-18 years
Total 62 80.25 (14.79, 29.79-100) 0.82 65.46 95.04 -.925
Pain and hurt 66 83.71 (19.11, 37.5-100) 0.75 64.60 102.82 -.799
Nausea 65 87.85 (20.97, 10-100) 0.90 66.88 108.82 -1.775
Procedural anxiety 66 83.59 (19.61, 25-100) 0.69 63.98 103.20 -1.162
Treatment anxiety 67 96.02 (13.71, 0-100) 0.94 82.31 109.73 -5.666
Worry 67 76.87 (24.18, 0-100) 0.85 52.69 101.05 -1.330
Cognitive problems 66 70.30 (23.20, 20-100) 0.82 47.10 93.50 -.305
Perceived physical appearance 67 68.41 (27.96, 0-100) 0.81 40.45 96.37 -.735
Communication 67 74.01 (24.38, 0-100) 0.83 49.63 98.39 -.810

n: number of individuals, SD: standard deviation, α: Cronbach's coefficient.