Table 3.
Association between nutritional status and HRQOL parent-report (n = 99) based on two separate multilevel analyses
| Reference group: well-nourished | Reference group: stable weight | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undernourishedb | Overnourishedc | Weight lossd | Weight gaind | |||||||||
| Estimate | 95 % CI | p | Estimate | 95 % CI | p | Estimate | 95 % CI | p | Estimate | 95 % CI | p | |
| Peds total | -3.0 | -9.6; 3.6 | .372 | -6.0 | -13.7; 1.6 | .122 | -8.3 | -15.0; -1.5 | .016 | -3.7 | -10.0; 2.6 | .252 |
| Peds physical | -8.2 | -18.1; 1.7 | .104 | -4.9 | -16.3; 6.6 | .402 | -10.7 | -20.6; -.8 | .034 | -4.9 | -14.0; 4.3 | .297 |
| Peds psychosocial | -.8 | -6.6; 5.0 | .778 | -7.5 | -14.3; -.8 | .028 | -5.2 | -11.4; .93 | .096 | -4.4 | -10.0; 1.3 | .130 |
| Peds Emotional | .3 | -7.0; 7.7 | .927 | -6.6 | -15.2; 2.1 | .135 | -4.1 | -11.4; 3.3 | .275 | -2.5 | -9.3; 4.3 | .470 |
| Peds social | -3.6 | -9.7; 2.6 | .253 | -7.5 | -14.7; -.2 | .043 | -6.1 | -12.3; .1 | .052 | -6.0 | -11.7; -.3 | .040 |
| Peds school | 1.9 | -8.1; 12.0 | .708 | -8.2 | -19.4; 3.0 | .150 | -10.2 | -20.8; .5 | .061 | -3.7 | -13.3; 5.9 | .449 |
| Peds cancer | -.0 | -4.9; 4.8 | .988 | -4.2 | -10.1; 1.6 | .156 | -3.1 | -7.9; 1.7 | .205 | -1.6 | -6.0; 2.7 | .463 |
| Pain | 3.8 | -5.6; 13.2 | .426 | -9.4 | -20.3; 1.6 | .093 | -11.6 | -21.4; -1.8 | .021 | -9.2 | -18.4; -.0 | .049 |
| Nausea | -6.4 | -14.2; 1.4 | .108 | -4.1 | -13.4; 5.1 | .376 | -7.8 | -15.3; -.3 | .041 | 3.8 | -3.2; 10.9 | .287 |
| Cognition | 2.7 | -4.7; 10.0 | .477 | -5.4 | -14.3; 3.4 | .227 | .9 | -6.6; 8.5 | .811 | -6.6 | -13.5; .3 | .060 |
| Appearance | -4.6 | -12.4; 3.1 | .239 | -8.5 | -17.6; .5 | .065 | -2.5 | -9.8; 4.7 | .493 | -3.1 | -9.8; 3.5 | .352 |
The estimates in columns 2 and 3 represent the differences in PedsQL scores of undernourished or overnourished children compared with well-nourished children (reference group). The estimates in columns 4 and 5 represent the differences in PedsQL scores of children with weight loss or weight gain compared with children with stable weight (reference group). Estimates with significant p-value (p < 0.05) have been printed in bold
aDependent variable PedsQL, independent variable nutritional status divided into three groups: undernourished, overnourished, and well-nourished; or weight loss, weight gain, stable weight. Reference category: well-nourished or stable weight. Included covariables are as follows: age, gender, type of malignancy, and phase of treatment
bBased on BMI < −2 SDS or FFM < −2 SDS
cBased on BMI > 2 SDS or FM > 2 SDS
dWeight loss or weight gain > 0.5 SDS
CI confidence interval