Table 3.
distribution of the quality of life score for each age group, the analysis of variance test and the test of continuity test to determine which age group was significantly affected
| Age groups | Mean values ± SD | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QoL total score | QoL symptom | QoL activity | QoL emotion | ||||||
| For all ages | 5.80 ± 1.2 | 5.93 ± 1.0 | 5.78 ± 1.0 | 5.91 ± 1.2 | |||||
| 7 - 10 | 5.25 ± 1.14 | 5.50 ± 0.90 | 5.25 ± 1.14 | 5.25 ± 1.14 | |||||
| 11 - 14 | 5.61 ± 1.29 | 5.78 ± 1.11 | 5.61 ± 1.29 | 5.61 ± 1.29 | |||||
| 15 - 17 | 6.75 ± 0.68 | 6.44 ± 0.73 | 6.38 ± 0.89 | 6.44 ± 0.72 | |||||
| ANOVA | |||||||||
| QoL total | |||||||||
| Sum of squares | df | Mean square | F | p | |||||
| Between groups | 10.774 | 2 | 5.387 | 4.590 | 0.016 | ||||
| Within groups | 50.465 | 43 | 1.174 | ||||||
| Total | 61.239 | 45 | |||||||
| Bonferroni's correction to determine the age group that makes the significant difference in the overall quality of life scores | |||||||||
| Dependent variable: QoL total | |||||||||
| Bonferroni's | |||||||||
| (I) Age group | (J) Age group | Mean difference (I-J) | Std. error | p | 95% confidence interval | ||||
| Lower bound | Upper bound | ||||||||
| 7 - 10 | 11 - 14 | -0.36111 | 0.40373 | 1.000 | -1.3669 | 0.6447 | |||
| 15 - 17 | -1.18750* | 0.41370 | 0.019 | -2.2181 | -0.1569 | ||||
| 11 - 14 | 7 - 10 | 0.36111 | 0.40373 | 1.000 | -0.6447 | 1.3669 | |||
| 15 - 17 | -0.82639 | 0.37222 | 0.095 | -1.7537 | 0.1009 | ||||
| 15 - 17 | 7 - 10 | 1.18750* | 0.41370 | 0.019 | 0.1569 | 2.2181 | |||
| 11 - 14 | 0.82639 | 0.37222 | 0.095 | -0.1009 | 1.7537 | ||||
*
: the mean difference is significant at the 0.05 level