Table 2.
Differences in PedsQL™ 4.0 generic core scales between oncology patients and a normative sample of children
| Dimension | Oncology sample |
Normative dataa,b |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Mean | SD | Percent 1SD below normative mean | Percent 2SD below normative mean | N | Mean | SD | t | p value | Effect size | Minimal clinically important differencea | |
| Total score | 60 | 68.0 | 17.3 | 43.3% | 31.7% | 5,079 | 83.91 | 12.47 | −7.12 | <0.001 | 1.27 | 4.36 |
| Physical functioning | 61 | 57.7 | 23.7 | 78.7% | 57.4% | 5,070 | 87.77 | 13.12 | −9.89 | <0.001 | 2.26 | 6.66 |
| Emotional functioning | 61 | 76.1 | 21.8 | 27.9% | 9.8% | 5,068 | 79.21 | 18.02 | −1.13 | 0.265 | 0.17 | 8.94 |
| Social functioning | 60 | 81.7 | 15.7 | 18.3% | 5.0% | 5,056 | 84.97 | 16.71 | −1.63 | 0.109 | 0.20 | 8.36 |
| School functioning | 53 | 63.4 | 25.6 | 54.7% | 26.4% | 5,026 | 81.31 | 16.09 | −4.80 | <0.001 | 1.10 | 9.12 |
SD standard deviation
a
Data from Varni et al. [32];
b
Effect size calculation: (normative mean–oncology mean)/pooled SD