Table 3.

Comparison of Children and Adolescents’ Self-Reports and Parent Proxy Reports of Quality-of-Life Among Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus on Follow-Up at Selected Public Hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, September 2021

PedsQLTM GCS	Number of Items	Children’s Report	Children’s Parents Report	t	p	Adolescents’ Report	Adolescents’ Parents Report	t	P	Children and Adolescents Report	Children and Adolescents’ Parents Report	t	P
Physical functioning	8	90.31±13.85	87.36±16.05	−3.716	<0.001*	88.21±14.09	79.46±19.12	−6.180	<0.001*	89.36 ±13.98	83.80±17.92	−6.892	<0.001*
Emotional functioning	5	89.88±13.34	76.11±18.87	−10.060	<0.001*	81.37±20.07	70.06±21.20	−6.520	<0.001*	86.04 ±17.22	73.38 ±20.15	−11.774	<0.001*
Social functioning	5	95.14±9.01	95.02±11.02	1.036	0.301	94.62±11.29	91.20±15.57	−1.902	0.059	94.91 ±10.09	93.30 ±13.38	−0.645	0.519
School functioning	5	84.98±15.69	81.43±15.10	−3.782	<0.001*	80.06±18.41	71.91±21.15	−5.262	<0.001*	82.74 ±17.13	77.10 ±18.59	−6.296	<0.001*
Psychosocial function	15	90.02±10.31	85.31±11.16	−7.968	<0.001*	85.36±12.52	78.34±13.34	−7.442	<0.001*	87.92±11.58	81.30±12.60	−10.911	<0.001*
Total	23	90.11±9.98	87.36±10.91	−7.431	<0.001*	86.36±11.47	79.46±13.57	−8.053	<0.001*	88.42±10.82	82.17±12.65	−10.922	<0.001*

Note: *Significant at p-value <0.05.