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. 2015 Jul 30;10(7):e0134650. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134650

Correction: Determinants of Health-Related Quality of Life in School-Aged Children: A General Population Study in the Netherlands

Marieke Houben-van Herten, Guannan Bai, Esther Hafkamp, Jeanne M Landgraf, Hein Raat
PMCID: PMC4520463  PMID: 26225435

In Table 3, all values for the determinant “Siblings in household” are incorrect. The authors have provided a correct Table 3 here.

Table 3. Bivariate associations with CHQ-score and effect sizes based on interview administration methods.

Variable Levels PhS PsS
mean (F-value, p-value) sd effect size mean (F-value, p-value) sd effect size
Gender Male 57.04 6.22 52.68 6.66
Female 56.95 6.04 53.36 6.29
(<1, .51) 0.01 (22.93, < .001)* 0.10
Age 4 56.63 6.47 53.30 6.12
5 56.86 6.33 53.75 6.17
6 57.42 5.90 53.06 6.28
7 57.03 6.09 53.21 6.54
8 57.09 5.92 52.49 6.64
9 57.20 5.96 52.65 6.73
10 56.73 6.33 52.70 6.78
11 57.02 6.01 52.88 6.58
(<2, .09) 0.12 (4.26, < .001)* 0.19
Ethnicity Native Dutch people 57.15 6.11 53.10 6.42
Immigrants, Western 56.50 6.52 52.68 6.72
Immigrants, Non-western 56.35 6.31 52.68 6.60
(9.13, < .001)* 0.12 (<2.5, .08) 0.06
Urbanisation rate Very high 56.58 6.17 52.89 6.45
High 56.96 6.09 53.04 6.55
Moderately high 56.98 6.29 52.89 6.46
Low 57.18 6.09 52.99 6.48
Very low 57.32 5.98 53.32 6.49
(2.82, .02)* 0.12 (<1, .44) 0.07
Single parent family Two parent family 57.05 6.09 53.24 6.38
Single parent family 56.60 6.47 50.95 7.07
(4.01, .04)* 0.07 (96.81, < .001)* 0.32 a
Siblings in household Only child 56.65 6.34 52.53 6.80
Has 1 brother or sister 56.93 6.18 53.00 6.42
Has more brothers/sisters 57.19 6.02 53.15 6.49
(3.06, .05)* 0.04 (3.11, .04)* 0.09
Working situation Parents Both parents work 57.17 6.01 53.13 6.35
One parent works 56.90 6.32 53.09 6.48
Parents do not work 55.53 6.98 51.63 7.25
(15.62, < .001)* 0.24 a (11.78, < .001)* 0.21 a
Highest parental educational level Low 56.63 6.20 52.20 6.87
Medium 57.19 6.16 52.96 6.52
High 57.02 5.95 53.52 6.22
(<2, .17) 0.09 (10.30, < .001)* 0.19
Low household income No 57.04 6.10 53.17 6.39
Yes 56.80 6.20 52.37 6.82
(<1.5, .27) 0.04 (12.71, < .001)* 0.12
Parents' smoking behaviour Both parents smoke 57.05 6.16 52.82 6.49
One parent smokes 56.75 6.36 52.71 6.59
Parents do not smoke 57.12 6.08 53.22 6.38
(<2.5, .08) 0.06 (4.84, .01)* 0.08
BMI child Normal weight 57.06 6.08 53.12 6.46
Overweight 56.68 6.33 52.90 6.57
Obese 55.86 6.31 51.49 7.02
(5.37, .005)* 0.19 (7.65, < .001)* 0.23 a
Nr of chronic conditions None 57.77 5.47 53.27 6.25
1 55.04 6.96 52.41 6.98
2 or more 50.36 8.27 50.80 7.92
(341.50, < .001)* 0.90 c (33.19, < .001)* 0.31 a
Nr of behavioural /learning disorders None 57.05 6.02 53.45 6.21
1 56.68 6.93 48.58 7.41
2 or more 54.33 8.94 44.42 7.17
(8.63, < .001)* 0.30 a (237.35, < .001)* 1.26 c
Number of acute health complaints None 58.44 4.79 53.86 6.07
1 55.93 6.45 52.48 6.63
2 53.70 7.59 51.53 7.25
3 or more 50.51 8.67 50.94 7.58
(353.60, < .001)* 0.92 c (52.07, < .001)* 0.36 a
Visited a GP last 14 days No 57.35 5.77 53.02 6.43
Yes 52.41 8.49 52.84 7.20
(367.28, < .001)* 0.58 b (<1, .49) 0.03
Visited medical specialist last 14 days No 57.15 5.97 53.05 6.44
Yes 52.65 8.57 52.06 7.69
(146.70, < .001)* 0.53 b (6.69, .01)* 0.13
Used prescription medicines last 14 days No 57.60 5.60 53.16 6.31
Yes 53.32 7.74 52.14 7.42
(519.34, < .001)* 0.55 b (26.03, < .001)* 0.14
Used non pre-scription medicines last 14 days No 57.86 5.39 53.24 6.34
Yes 54.77 7.27 52.41 6.83
(441.49, < .001)* 0.42 a (27.85, < .001)* 0.12
Hospitalization last year No 57.07 6.07 53.02 6.47
Yes 52.88 8.03 52.45 7.62
(64.39, < .001)* 0.52 b (<1.5, .28) 0.07

Effect sizes are highest vs. lowest mean CHQ-score.

a = small difference

b = moderate difference

c = large difference.

# Data were calculates using US based weights and are provided for illustrative purposes. Not for general use.

* Statistically significant.

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