Table 4. Youth quality of life scores from the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL).
Young children ages 2-5 (n=52 unless noted)a | School-aged children ages 6-12 (n=134 unless noted)b | Young adolescents ages 13-15 (n=79)b | Older adolescents ages 16-18 (n=129 unless noted)b | |
Mean (SD), median, range | Mean (SD), median, range | Mean (SD), median, range | Mean (SD), median, range | |
Emotional | 63.34 (20.74), 67.5, 15-100 | 67.82 (19.65), 70, 0-100 (n=133) | 72.47 (19.20), 75, 20-100 | 66.70 (21.47), 70, 0-100 |
Social | 59.57 (18.81), 60, 25-100 | 66.77 (21.74), 70, 0-100 | 80.70 (15.04), 80, 35-100 | 74.87 (18.13), 75, 0-100 |
School | 61.35 (17.33), 60, 33.33-100 (n=37) | 66.74 (18.06), 68.33, 20-100 | 67.39 (20.98), 70, 5-100 | 64 (20.72), 65, 0-100 (n=118) |
Overall Psychosocial QOL | 61.06 (15.31), 59.44, 22.5-93.89 | 67.07 (15), 66.67, 20-96.67 | 73.52 (14.62), 75, 26.67-100 | 68.94 (15.47), 68.89, 18.33-100 |
Data are parent proxy-report.
Data are child self-report.