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. 2013 Jan 25;8(4):481–491. doi: 10.1007/s11482-012-9209-3

Table 1.

Differences between chronic condition in quality of life domains and satisfaction with transitional care

T0 T1
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