Table 2.

HRQOL in children with ARFID compared to Dutch norm groups

TAPQOL(0–5 years)	Children with ARFED			Reference group healthy population					Reference group chronically ill children
Subscale	N	Median	IQR 25–75	N	Median	IQR 25–75	P	r	N	Median	IQR 25–75	P	r
Sleeping	37	81.25	50.00–93.75	241	87.50	75.00–100,00	.0181	−.14	79	81.25	75.00–100.00	.163	−.078
Appetite	37	75.00	50.00–75.00	240	83.33	75.00–100.00	.0001	−.42	79	83.33	75.00–91.67	.000*	−.275
Lungs	37	83.33	66.67–100.00	241	100.00	100.00–100.00	.000*	−.42	79	100.00	66.61–100.00	.297	−.059
Stomach	37	66.67	50–100	239	100.00	83.33–100.00	.000*	−.34	79	100.00	83.33–100.00	.000*	−.236
Skin	37	91.76	83.33–100	241	100.00	91.67–100.00	.440	−.05	78	91.67	83.33–100.00	.418	−.045
Motor functioning	21	100.00	78.125–100.00	202	100.00	100.00–100.00	.000*	−.30	71	100.00	100.00–100.00	.000*	−.212
Social functioning	21	100.00	83.33–100.00	205	100.00	83.33–100.00	.452	−.05	71	100.00	83.33–100.00	.249	−.070
Problem behavior	37	78.57	64.29–85.71	241	71.43	57.14–78.57	.002*	−.19	79	71.43	57.14–78.57	.007*	−.150
Communication	21	93.75	81.25–100.00	201	93.75	87.50–100.00	.622	−.03	68	93.75	87.50–100.00	.588	−.033
Anxiety	37	66.67	50.00–100.00	241	83.33	66.61–100.00	.102	−.10	79	66.67	66.61–100.00	.434	−.044
Positive mood	37	100.00	100.00–100.00	241	100.00	100.00–100.00	.006*	−.16	79	100.00	100.00–100.00	.079	−.107
Liveliness	37	100.00	83.33–100.00	240	100.00	100.00–100.00	.000*	−.24	79	100.00	100.00–100.00	.004*	−.151

^* P < .05.

^** P < .01.

Note. Higher scores represent higher quality of life (scores 0–100).