Table 3.
Prevalence of normal/poor (at risk status for impaired) QOL by gender*
| All study participants | Boys' QOL | Girls' QOL | Statistics | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QOL Domains | Normal % |
Poor % |
Age adjusted **[95% C.I.] |
Normal % |
Poor % |
Age adjusted **[95% C.I.] |
Normal % |
Poor % |
Age adjusted** [95% C.I.] |
P level Boys vs. Girls |
| Physical health N = 4276; Boys 2073 Girls 2203 |
82.1 | 17.9 | 21.1 [20.9-21.3] |
85.4 | 14.6 | 15.9 [15.7 - 16.1] |
79.0 | 21.0 | 27.1 [26.8-27.4] |
0.0001 |
| Psycholo-gical N = 4322 Boys 2091 |
84.2 | 15.8 | 19.2 [19.0 - 19.4 |
88.1 | 11.9 | 12.9 [12.7 - 13.1] |
80.5 | 19.5 | 25.5 [25.2-25.8] |
0.0001 |
| Social relations N = 4273 Boys 2091 |
81.2 | 18.8 | 20.1 [19.9 - 20.3] |
82.5 | 17.5 | 17.8 [17.6 - 18.0] |
80.0 | 20.0 | 23.7 [23.4-23.9] |
0.035 |
| Environ-ment N = 4223 Boys 2031 |
84.3 | 15.7 | 18.7 [18.5 - 18.9] |
87.7 | 12.3 | 15.7 [15.5 - 15.9] |
81.2 | 18.8 | 21.5 [21.3-21.8] |
0.0001 |
| General facet N = 4456 Boys 2164 |
87.1 | 12.9 | 15.9 [15.8 - 16.1] |
88.8 | 11.2 | 13.4 [13.2 - 13.6] |
85.6 | 14.4 | 18.2 [17.9-18.4] |
0.0001 |
* As defined by scores < 1SD population mean (see last row of Table 2 by gender) for each domain
** Prevalence rates were adjusted to the 2007 Kuwaiti population to estimate the number of children with at risk status for poor QOL at the ages that were studied in the general population