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. 2015 Apr 2;13:43. doi: 10.1186/s12955-015-0236-2

Table 5.

Differences in QoLISSY scales according to height deviation ( t -test) in child report and in parent report

Height > −2.0 SD Height ≤ −2.0 SD
(taller) (shorter)
Scale n Mean* SD n Mean* SD t df p
Physical
 Child report1 30 80.97 14.99 19 66.97 23.80 −2.53 47 0.015
 Parent report 35 79.12 17.80 25 58.16 21.57 −4.11 58 0.001
Social
 Child report 30 79.27 19.77 20 59.64 28.25 −2.90 48 0.006
 Parent report 35 75.06 22.57 25 53.13 25.50 −3.52 58 0.001
Emotional
 Child report1 30 79.69 15.91 20 63.28 27.99 −2.38 27.2 0.025
 Parent report 35 72.23 19.84 24 61.94 24.18 −1.79 57 0.079
Coping
 Child report 28 45.06 17.45 20 58.03 42.47 1.46 46 0.152
 Parent report 34 36.25 24.00 22 46.48 21.53 1.62 54 0.111
Beliefs
 Child report 29 73.71 23.59 20 63.13 30.27 −1.37 47 0.176
 Parent report 35 66.61 30.31 23 56.79 33.55 −1.16 56 0.253
Treatment
 Child report 28 48.71 15.47 15 51.90 20.15 0.580 41 0.565
 Parent report 33 55.98 19.83 21 47.62 17.85 −1.57 52 0.123
Future
 Parent report 35 78.43 23.16 24 66.88 27.42 −1.75 57 0.086
Effects on Parents
 Parent report 35 67.40 23.16 25 61.16 21.94 −1.05 58 0.298
Total Score
 Child report1 30 79.98 15.45 19 63.92 25.76 −2.45 26.3 0.021
 Parent report 35 75.47 19.03 24 57.87 22.57 −3.23 57 0.002

The Scales “Future” and “Effects on Parents” only exist in the parents’ version.

1Levene’s test for variance homogeneity is significant with p < .05.

*Minimum = 0, maximum = 100; the higher the better.