Table 4.
Symptoms of SSPedi-BR and comparison among the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory scores (n=116)
| SSPedi-BR symptoms | P value* | Domains | |||
| Emotional | School | Physical | Social | ||
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||
| Feeling disappointed or sad | |||||
| No | 0.001 | 73.7 (20.0) | 72.3 (18.6) | 64.0 (29.7) | 82.2 (18.6) |
| Yes | 55.0 (18.5) | 65.3 (15.0) | 61.2 (22.9) | 72.7 (24.1) | |
| Effect size | 0.98 | 0.41 | 0.22 | 0.4 | |
| P value** | <0.001 | 0.083 | 0.657 | 0.038 | |
| Feeling scared or worried (reflective) | |||||
| No | <0.001 | 74.7 (19.5) | 71.3 (17.3) | 63.3 (27.8) | 77.7 (22.7) |
| Yes | 55.7 (19.2) | 67.8 (18.4) | 62.6 (27.3) | 81.2 (15.2) | |
| Effect size | 0.96 | 0.18 | 0.15 | 0.03 | |
| P value** | <0.001 | 0.385 | 0.903 | 0.441 | |
| Feeling cranky or angry (do not feel like smiling) | |||||
| No | <0.001 | 74.3 (18.1) | 72.2 (14.9) | 65.7 (27.9) | 81.2 (18.6) |
| Yes | 53.2 (20.7) | 65.3 (22.1) | 57.5 (26.3) | 74.6 (22.8) | |
| Effect size | 1.12 | 0.35 | 0.38 | 0.41 | |
| P value** | <0.001 | 0.092 | 0.199 | 0.159 | |
| Problems with thinking or remembering things | |||||
| No | 0.053 | 70.2 (20.8) | 72.4 (16.5) | 62.6 (28.5) | 79.1 (20.2) |
| Yes | 61.6 (19.8) | 64.2 (16.3) | 66.9 (23.2) | 72.4 (16.5) | |
| Effect size | 0.65 | 0.49 | 0.08 | 0.22 | |
| P value** | – | – | – | – | |
| Changes in how your body (visually) or face look | |||||
| No | 0.115 | 72.2 (20.6) | 72.7 (15.3) | 63.4 (28.3) | 79.4 (21.8) |
| Yes | 62.1 (21.2) | 66.9 (19.8) | 62.6 (26.9) | 78.6 (18.5) | |
| Effect size | 0.54 | 0.32 | 0.21 | 0.22 | |
| P value** | – | – | – | – | |
| Feeling tired | |||||
| No | <0.001 | 79.6 (19.4) | 78.9 (13.2) | 79.6 (25.0) | 88.0 (11.0) |
| Yes | 61.3 (19.9) | 65.6 (18.1) | 55.0 (24.9) | 74.7 (22.1) | |
| Effect size | 0.85 | 0.83 | 0.78 | 0.49 | |
| P value** | <0.001 | 0.001 | <0.001 | 0.004 | |
| Mouth sores | |||||
| No | 0.019 | 68.6 (21.6) | 73.0 (17.4) | 65.0 (26.9) | 80.2 (21.3) |
| Yes | 62.1 (20.2) | 56.6 (12.3) | 54.4 (29.1) | 73.7 (13.6) | |
| Effect size | 0.39 | 1.09 | 0.52 | 0.39 | |
| P value** | 0.279 | 0.001 | 0.168 | 0.245 | |
| Headache | |||||
| No | 0.072 | 71.0 (21.2) | 72.3 (16.4) | 65.2 (27.6) | 80.7 (19.9) |
| Yes | 57.8 (19.4) | 62.8 (19.4) | 57.2 (27.6) | 74.1 (20.7) | |
| 0.58 | 0.52 | 0.39 | 0.28 | ||
| P value** | – | – | – | – | |
| Hurt or pain (other than headache) | |||||
| No | 0.002 | 73.7 (19.8) | 71.9 (18.3) | 69.3 (26.0) | 81.3 (18.4) |
| Yes | 57.7 (20.3) | 67.0 (16.5) | 53.5 (27.3) | 75.5 (22.4) | |
| Effect size | 0.73 | 0.27 | 0.64 | 0.23 | |
| P value** | 0.001 | 0.216 | 0.008 | 0.198 | |
| Tingly (small shocks) or numb hands or feet (no feeling in the hands or feet) | |||||
| No | 0.114 | 70.9 (21.0) | 71.0 (19.9) | 66.7 (28.9) | 80.7 (17.7) |
| Yes | 58.6 (19.9) | 68.0 (11.8) | 56.1 (22.1) | 76.1 (24.8) | |
| 0.71 | 0.17 | 0.56 | 0.26 | ||
| P value** | – | – | – | – | |
| Throwing up or feeling like you may throw up | |||||
| No | 0.033 | 73.8 (21.7) | 74.7 (16.5) | 68.8 (22.3) | 81.8 (20.6) |
| Yes | 61.8 (19.6) | 65.8 (17.9) | 58.0 (30.6) | 76.6 (19.6) | |
| Effect size | 0.62 | 0.51 | 0.45 | 0.23 | |
| P value** | 0.009 | 0.02 | 0.068 | 0.232 | |
| Feeling more or less hungry (change in appetite) than you usually do | |||||
| No | 0.425 | 72.0 (23.2) | 69.5 (17.8) | 63.4 (31.2) | 78.8 (20.1) |
| Yes | 64.3 (19.6) | 70.2 (17.8) | 62.8 (24.9) | 79.2 (20.4) | |
| Effect size | 0.5 | 0.03 | 0.13 | 0.01 | |
| P value** | – | – | – | – | |
| Changes in taste (taste of the food) | |||||
| No | 0.448 | 70.5 (22.3) | 71.8 (13.1) | 62.9 (28.1) | 78.1 (19.5) |
| Yes | 64.7 (20.3) | 68.3 (20.9) | 63.2 (26.5) | 79.8 (20.9) | |
| Effect size | 0.23 | 0.19 | 0.01 | 0.01 | |
| P value** | – | – | – | – | |
| Constipation (hard to poop) | |||||
| No | 0.018 | 69.4. (21.4) | 73.7 (13.9) | 66.0 (26.9) | 80.8 (20.3) |
| Yes | 61.5 (20.4) | 59.0 (22.9) | 53.3 (28.0) | 73.8 (19.2) | |
| Effect size | 0.51 | 0.77 | 0.47 | 0.32 | |
| P value** | 0.138 | 0.001 | 0.086 | 0.162 | |
| Diarrhoea (watery, runny poop) | |||||
| No | 0.628 | 66.7 (21.8) | 70.3 (17.2) | 63.5 (27.8) | 78.7 (20.6) |
| Yes | 73.7 (15.7) | 66.2 (23.1) | 58.2 (25.7) | 82.5 (19.4) | |
| Effect size | 0.16 | 0.2 | 0.27 | 0.18 | |
| P value** | – | – | – | – | |
| Severity degree | P value* | ||||
| Low | <0.001 | ||||
| High | |||||
| Effect size | 3.02 | 7.73 | 1.49 | 2.99 | |
| P value** | <0.001 | 0.037 | 0.035 | 0.296 | |
Self-reported version. *MANOVA (Pillai’s trace), **post-hoc test (Bonferroni).
SSPedi-BR, Rastreamento de Sintomas em Pediatria Brasileiro.