Table 2.

PedsQL Scores: Child Self-Report Versus Parent Proxy Report During Treatment

PedsQL Module	Total No. of Pairs	Child Self-Report		Parent Proxy Report		Pearson Correlation Coefficient	P*	T Value
		Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Core, score
Total	99	74.8	16.1	67.0	20.6	0.77508	< .001	5.93
Physical health	99	74.2	23.1	65.4	29.2	0.79839	< .001	4.99
Psychosocial health	99	75.3	15.1	68.3	17.5	0.64637	< .001	5.03
Emotional	99	73.8	20.4	63.7	19.7	0.63988	< .001	5.90
Social	99	83.3	18.1	78.7	20.0	0.37917	.0361	2.12
School	78	70.7	19.8	62.9	25.7	0.53473	.0030	3.06
Brain tumor, score
Total	101	78.1	12.1	74.8	13.0	0.57790	.0053	2.85
Pain and hurt	99	80.1	22.6	74.8	22.6	0.69397	.0036	2.98
Nausea	100	81.7	19.3	76.7	22.9	0.52031	.0198	2.37
Procedure anxiety	99	52.3	35.1	46.0	37.4	0.67398	.0373	2.11
Movement and balance	54	81.8	23.4	77.5	26.2	0.70576	.1042	1.65
Worry	97	73.1	26.2	72.6	26.4	0.47216	.8512	0.19
Cognitive problems	98	78.9	18.2	76.3	23.2	0.48291	.2460	−1.17
Cancer, score
Treatment anxiety	100	83.3	21.4	70.8	26.9	0.43013	< .001	4.80
Perceived physical appearance	98	81.4	22.1	75.9	24.4	0.39244	.0357	2.13
Communication	99	73.3	26.9	75.2	26.1	0.48807	.4745	−0.72

Abbreviations: PedsQL, Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory; SD, standard deviation.

^*Paired t test.