Table 5.
Race/Ethnicity and Insurance Status as Predictors of Health Related Quality of Life at First Clinic Visit
| White Mean (± SD) [Range] |
Non-White Mean (± SD) [Range] |
T-test p value | Private Insurance Mean (± SD) [Range] |
Public Insurance Mean (± SD) [Range] |
T-test p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | 55 | 131 | - | 85 | 101 | - |
| Age at Assessment (months) | 8.4 ± 4.6 [2 – 23.9] | 9.3 ± 5.3 [2.5 – 23.6] | 0.25 | 8.5 ± 5.3 [2 – 23.9] | 9.5 ± 4.9 [3.3 – 23.6] | 0.18 |
| Physical Score | 68 ± 23 [8 – 100] (n = 54) |
77 ± 19 [21 – 100] (n = 130) |
0.004 | 70 ± 21 [17 – 100] (n = 84) |
78 ± 20 [8 – 100] (n = 100) |
0.008 |
| Emotional Score | 80 ± 17 [45 – 100] (n = 54) |
89 ± 16 [25 – 100] (n = 128) |
0.002 | 82 ± 19 [45 – 100] (n = 83) |
90 ± 15 [25 – 100] (n = 99) |
0.004 |
| Social Functioning Score | 76 ± 20 [25 – 100] (n = 54) |
86 ± 20 [13 – 100] (n = 126) |
0.003 | 79 ± 21 [25 – 100] (n = 82) |
86 ± 20 [13 – 100] (n = 98) |
0.016 |
| Cognitive Score | 84 ± 20 [25 – 100] (n = 54) |
90 ± 16 [20 – 100] (n = 125) |
0.06 | 83 ± 21 [20 – 100] (n = 80) |
92 ± 13 [50 – 100] (n = 99) |
0.001 |
| Communication Score | 82 ± 18 [33 – 100] (n = 52) |
89 ± 19 [0 – 100] (n = 120) |
0.022 | 84 ± 20 [0 – 100] (n = 77) |
88 ± 18 [17 – 100] (n = 95) |
0.18 |
| Worry Score | 75 ± 20 [15 – 100] (n = 53) |
77 ± 20 [15 – 100] (n = 123) |
0.55 | 75 ± 20 [15 – 100] (n = 79) |
77 ± 20 [15 – 100] (n = 97) |
0.50 |
| Daily Score | 64 ± 27 [0 – 100] (n = 53) |
76 ± 28 [0 – 100] (n = 120) |
0.012 | 66 ± 29 [0 – 100] (n = 77) |
78 ± 27 [0 – 100] (n = 96) |
0.007 |
| Family Score | 83 ± 20 [25 – 100] (n = 53) |
90 ± 16 [35 – 100] (n = 122) |
0.028 | 85 ± 19 [25 – 100] (n = 79) |
90 ± 16 [35 – 100] (n = 96) |
0.040 |
| Total Score | 77 ± 16 [42 – 100] | 84 ± 15 [36 – 100] | 0.012 | 78 ± 17 [44 – 100] | 85 ± 14 [36 – 100] | 0.005 |