Table 1.
Differences between chronic condition in quality of life domains and satisfaction with transitional care
T0 | T1 | |||||||||||
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JIA | NMD | Diabetes | Total | F | p | JIA | NMD | Diabetes | Total | F | p | |
Emotional quality of life | ||||||||||||
n | 31 | 12 | 72 | 115 | 0.133 | .873 | 68 | 17 | 95 | 180 | 0.881 | .416 |
mean | 78.0 | 79.0 | 76.8 | 77.4 | 74.8 | 76.7 | 78.2 | 76.8 | ||||
sd | 16.2 | 14.5 | 16.2 | 15.9 | 17.6 | 16.1 | 15.2 | 16.1 | ||||
Physical quality of life | ||||||||||||
n | 22 | 12 | 71 | 105 | 0.836 | .436 | 55 | 13 | 94 | 162 | 5.385 | .005 |
mean | 63.5 | 71.7 | 67.5 | 67.2 | 61.8 | 66.3 | 70.9 | 67.5 | ||||
sd | 17.7 | 13.8 | 18.9 | 18.2 | 16.9 | 11.5 | 16.6 | 16.8 | ||||
Social quality of life | ||||||||||||
n | 31 | 12 | 72 | 115 | 7.271 | .001 | 68 | 17 | 96 | 181 | 9.665 | ≤ .001 |
mean | 77.5 | 67.5 | 82.1 | 79.4 | 76.0 | 71.2 | 83.9 | 79.8 | ||||
sd | 15.4 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 13.3 | 16.6 | 11.2 | 12.7 | 14.9 | ||||
Satisfaction with transitional care | ||||||||||||
n | 30 | 11 | 72 | 113 | 0.481 | .620 | 69 | 16 | 97 | 182 | 0.229 | .742 |
mean | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | ||||
sd | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 |
JIA juvenile idiopathic arthritis; NMD neuromuscular disorders. A description of the quality of life and satisfaction with transitional care instruments can be found in the measures paragraph in the Methods section