Table 2.
Five health dimension scores and single-factor analysis results of each factor of the PROMIS
| Item | Category | N | Percent % | p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depression | Anger | Anxiety | Fatigue | Peer relationships | ||||
| 1. Demographic information and physical exam | ||||||||
| 2003Grade | Grade 3 | 60 | 31.6 | 0.032 | 0.001 | 0.216 | 0.000 | < 0.0001 |
| Grade 4 | 31 | 16.3 | ||||||
| Grade 5 | 46 | 24.2 | ||||||
| Grade 6 | 53 | 27.9 | ||||||
| Gender | Female | 99 | 52.1 | 0.842 | 0.550 | 0.205 | 0.288 | 0.049 |
| Male | 90 | 47.4 | ||||||
| Age | 10 | 9 | 4.7 | 0.071 | 0.215 | 0.234 | 0.006 | 0.020 |
| 11 | 26 | 13.7 | ||||||
| 12 | 59 | 31.1 | ||||||
| 13 | 37 | 19.5 | ||||||
| 14 | 28 | 14.7 | ||||||
| 15 | 21 | 11.1 | ||||||
| > 15 | 10 | 5.3 | ||||||
| 2. Family conditions | ||||||||
| Location | Urban | 9 | 4.7 | 0.263 | 0.053 | 0.101 | 0.001 | 0.048 |
| Rural | 115 | 60.5 | ||||||
| Pastoral | 60 | 31.6 | ||||||
| Other | 6 | 3.2 | ||||||
| Living with parents | Yes | 178 | 93.7 | 0.896 | 0.903 | 0.469 | 0.997 | 0.148 |
| No | 12 | 6.3 | ||||||
| The only child of the family | Yes | 2 | 1.1 | 0.218 | 0.353 | 0.060 | 0.398 | 0.574 |
| No | 188 | 98.9 | ||||||
| Father’s education level | Elementary school and below | 73 | 38.4 | 0.271 | 0.295 | 0.053 | 0.011 | 0.039 |
| Middle school | 10 | 5.3 | ||||||
| High school and above | 7 | 3.7 | ||||||
| Don’t know | 100 | 52.6 | ||||||
| Mother’s education level | Elementary and below | 74 | 38.9 | 0.085 | 0.027 | 0.076 | 0.003 | 0.766 |
| Middle school | 6 | 3.2 | ||||||
| High school and above | 7 | 3.7 | ||||||
| Don’t know | 103 | 54.2 | ||||||
| Family financial situation | Rich | 19 | 10 | 0.023 | 0.105 | 0.004 | 0.031 | 0.276 |
| Middle level | 151 | 79.5 | ||||||
| poor | 20 | 10.5 | ||||||
| 3. School life | ||||||||
| No. of students in a single dormitory | Below 5 | 18 | 9.5 | 0.754 | 0.425 | 0.522 | 0.610 | 0.021 |
| 5-10 | 39 | 20.5 | ||||||
| 11-15 | 111 | 58.4 | ||||||
| above 15 | 22 | 11.6 | ||||||
| Visits home per month | 4 | 119 | 62.6 | 0.978 | 0.682 | 0.299 | 0.275 | 0.387 |
| 2-3 | 36 | 18.9 | ||||||
| 1 | 27 | 14.2 | ||||||
| Sometimes not going home for one month | 8 | 4.2 | ||||||
| Distance to home | Within 1 h | 80 | 42.1 | 0.504 | 0.317 | 0.085 | 0.011 | 0.265 |
| 2-4 h | 81 | 42.6 | ||||||
| 4-6 h | 22 | 11.6 | ||||||
| 6 h | 7 | 3.7 | ||||||
| Relationship with schoolmates | Good | 141 | 74.2 | 0.070 | 0.063 | 0.580 | 0.245 | 0.063 |
| General | 46 | 24.2 | ||||||
| bad | 3 | 1.6 | ||||||
| Study pressure | Great | 34 | 17.9 | 0.143 | 0.025 | 0.153 | 0.026 | 0.379 |
| General | 133 | 70 | ||||||
| Small or no pressure | 23 | 12.1 | ||||||
| Hours of homework | Half an hour | 72 | 37.9 | 0.731 | 0.203 | 0.033 | 0.001 | 0.692 |
| 0.5-1 h | 70 | 36.8 | ||||||
| 1-2 h | 30 | 15.8 | ||||||
| Above 2 h | 18 | 9.5 | ||||||
| Hours of sleep each night | Above 10 h | 24 | 12.6 | 0.574 | 0.673 | 0.487 | 0.042 | 0.049 |
| 9-10 h | 34 | 17.9 | ||||||
| 8-9 h | 80 | 42.1 | ||||||
| Below 8 h | 52 | 27.4 | ||||||
| Total | 190 | 100 | ||||||