Table 3.
PedsQL Scores by Number of Recent Stressful Life-Change Events Reported by Fifth-Grade Children and Their Parents
| No. of Events | Participants, No. (%) | PedsQL Scores, Mean (95% CI) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Physical Health | Psychosocial Health | ||
| 5137a | 77.4 (76.7–78.2) | 83.8 (83.1–84.5) | 74.0 (73.2–74.8) | |
| 0 | 1260 (24) | 80.4 (79.4–81.3) | 85.6 (84.6–86.5) | 77.6 (76.5–78.6) |
| 1 | 1720 (33) | 78.4 (77.5–79.3) | 84.4 (83.5–85.3) | 75.2 (74.2–76.2) |
| 2 | 1241 (25) | 75.9 (74.8–76.9) | 82.9 (81.8–83.9) | 72.1 (70.9–73.3) |
| 3 | 620 (12) | 74.8 (73.6–76.0) | 82.8 (81.4–84.1) | 70.6 (69.3–71.8) |
| 4 | 234 (5) | 72.9 (71.1–74.6) | 80.9 (78.9–82.9) | 68.6 (66.5–70.7) |
| ≥4 | 296 (6) | 71.8 (70.2–73.5) | 79.8 (77.8–81.8) | 67.6 (65.8–69.5) |
| 5 | 57 (1) | 68.4 (64.1–72.7) | 76.1 (70.4–81.8) | 64.3 (60.0–68.6) |
| 6 | 5 (<1) | 62.5 (52.9–72.0) | 70.9 (61.6–80.2) | 58.0 (45.7–70.2) |
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; PedsQL, Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory.
a
Ten respondents did not answer the questions for the PedsQL.