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. 2014 Oct 25;24(4):927–935. doi: 10.1007/s11136-014-0826-1

Table 3.

Differences in quality of life across groups

TCS Cherubism Oligodontia/ED p a
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
Overall quality of life
 Cantril’s self-anchoring ladder (CL) 6.36 2.58 9.00§§,** 0.86 7.37 1.94 0.002
Psychosocial well-being
 Kaasa’s test
  Well-being 3.76***,## 0.77 2.82 0.14 2.29 0.72 <0.001
  Happiness 2.82 0.60 1.77* 0.60 2.66 1.27 0.027
  Satisfaction 2.36 0.67 1.32* 1.62 2.55 1.32 0.360
Health-related quality of life
 SF-36
  Physical functioning 77.72*,# 19.55 92.33 14.86 91.63 14.12 0.021
  Role physical 90.63 18.60 91.07 21.05 85.20 24.16 Ns
  Bodily pain 30.65*,# 9.24 86.07 18.71 75.87 27.58 0.030
  General health 69.36 17.57 78.88 19.30 73.97 24.23 Ns
  Vitality 54.54 15.57 63.78 12.76 58.30 24.79 Ns
  Social functioning 81.81 26.43 96.97 12.89 82.81 27.72 Ns
  Role emotional 93.80 26.43 96.66 12.90 65.78§§§,### 18.34 <0.001
  Mental health 81.09 14.43 82.20 14.67 74.45 20.16 Ns
  Physical component scale (PCS) 42.97**,## 10.30 52.1 8.56 52.93 7.92 0.003
  PCS case, N (%) 4 (40) 2 (13) 5 (10)
  Mental component scale (MCS) 54.20 9.55 54.29 5.42 46.24§§,## 8.26 0.001
  MCS case, N (%) 1 (9) 0 11 (23)

TCS Treacher Collins syndrome, ED ectodermal dysplasia

a P was based on ANOVA

Ns = nonsignificant, based on ANOVA

p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; and *** p < 0.001, compared to oligodontia/ED

# p < 0.05; ## p < 0.01; ### p < 0.001, compared to cherubism

§§ p < 0.01; §§§ p < 0.001, compared to TCS