Table 3.
Parent-reported health-related quality of life total score for adolescents with congenital heart defects (CHD) across site (combined) and by site, Georgia and New York
| Combined (N = 439) Mean (SD) |
P value | Georgia (GA) (n = 273) Mean (SD) |
P value | New York (NY) (n = 166) Mean (SD) |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Severity | 0.0001 | 0.0018 | 0.0077 | |||
| Not severe | 77.12 (19.17) | 74.92 (19.54) | 81.19 (17.88) | |||
| Severe | 70.21 (17.58) | 67.58 (17.78) | 73.92 (16.71) | |||
| Parent’s education | 0.0071 | 0.0473 | 0.1624 | |||
| HS or less | 70.67 (19.28) | 67.91 (18.82) | 74.75 (19.50) | |||
| Some college/trade | 72.01 (18.09) | 70.07 (18.53) | 75.87 (16.72) | |||
| College or higher | 77.11 (18.83) | 74.86 (19.42) | 80.67 (17.37) | |||
| Insurance | < 0.0001 | 0.0039 | 0.0026 | |||
| Private only | 77.58 (17.38) | 75.24 (18.11) | 81.59 (15.33) | |||
| Any public | 69.67 (19.21) | 67.65 (19.11) | 73.01 (19.04) | |||
| SelfPay/uninsured | 76.39 (22.40) | 76.39 (22.40) | – | |||
| Last saw cardiologist | 0.0004 | 0.0504 | 0.0797 | |||
| Within past 6 months | 71.75 (19.17) | 70.49 (19.57) | 75.44 (17.56) | |||
| > 6 months | 78.28 (17.64) | 75.60 (17.39) | 80.40 (17.63) |
Sample incl. consented parents of children & adolescents with a congenital heart defect between ages 11 and 19 years
P values for t-test analysis (mean differences between 2 groups) and ANOVA analysis (mean differences among > 2 groups); bolded P values are significant