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. 2016 Mar 27;41(9):1011–1021. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsw019

Table I.

Final Trajectory Models

Group (%) Parameter Estimate (95% CI) t p
PedsQL™ physical
Superior-stable (45.6) Intercept 98.3 (94.6 to 102.0) 52.84 <.001
Time 0.83 (0.09 to 1.57) 2.22 .03
High-stable (34.5) Intercept 86.5 (81.6 to 91.4) 34.58 <.001
Time −0.63 (−1.47 to 0.21) −1.48 .14
Poor-increasing (19.9) Intercept 62.9 (56.0 to 69.8) 18.01 <.001
Time −3.58 (−7.15 to −0.01) −1.97 .049
Time2 0.559 (0.165 to 0.953) 2.78 .006
PedsQL™ emotional
Superior-stable (23.8) Intercept 99.5 (93.6 to 105.4) 33.01 <.001
Time 0.74 (−0.32 to 1.80) 1.37 .17
High-stable (29.1) Intercept 79.7 (74.2 to 85.2) 28.59 <.001
Time 1.60 (0.72 to 2.48) 3.59 <.001
Moderate-stable (31.0) Intercept 66.7 (61.4 to 72.0) 25.02 <.001
Time 0.83 (−0.01 to 1.67) 1.94 .053
Poor-stable (16.1) Intercept 50.0 (43.7 to 56.3) 15.88 <.001
Time 1.22 (−0.07 to 2.51) 1.85 .065
PedsQL™ social
Superior-stable (54.9) Intercept 97.1 (93.0 to 101.2) 46.95 <.001
Time 0.66 (−0.14 to 1.46) 1.61 .11
Moderate-stable (45.1) Intercept 69.4 (65.3 to 73.5) 33.05 <.001
Time −0.29 (−1.09 to 0.51) −0.71 .48
PedsQL™ school
Moderate quickly increasing to superior (9.8) Intercept 72.1 (58.4 to 85.8) 10.35 <.001
Time 13.98 (6.73 to 21.23) 3.78 <.001
Time2 −1.300 (−2.027 to −0.573) −3.50 <.001
Moderate slowly increasing to superior (12.6) Intercept 66.8 (55.5 to 78.1) 11.63 <.001
Time −0.45 (−6.51 to 5.61) −0.15 .88
Time2 0.476 (−0.232 to 1.184) 1.32 .19
Superior decreasing to high (24.7) Intercept 97.1 (84.6 to 109.6) 15.25 <.001
Time −3.05 (−7.28 to 1.18) −1.41 .16
Time2 0.078 (−0.349 to 0.505) 0.36 .72
At risk-stable (43.7) Intercept 64.2 (58.4 to 70.0) 21.73 <.001
Time −0.41 (−2.92 to 2.10) −0.32 .75
Time2 0.040 (−0.227 to 0.307) 0.29 .77
Extremely poor-stable (9.2) Intercept 35.8 (26.5 to 45.1) 7.54 <.001
Time 2.77 (−1.86 to 7.40) 1.17 .24
Time2 −0.248 (−0.754 to 0.258) −0.96 .34
PedsQL™ overall
Superior-stable (22.5) Intercept 60.1 (57.1 to 63.1) 39.40 <.001
Time 0.14 (−0.47 to 0.75) 0.45 .66
High-stable (35.3) Intercept 76.6 (73.8 to 79.4) 54.48 <.001
Time 0.17 (−0.32 to 0.66) 0.68 .50
At risk-stable (42.1) Intercept 89.3 (86.9 to 91.7) 74.2 <.001
Time 0.36 (−0.07 to 0.79) 1.67 .095