Three- and Five-Year Follow-Up of a Combined Inpatient-Outpatient Treatment of Obese Children and Adolescents

Table 7

Average scores on the overall quality of life at the end of the program and after 3 and 5 years after start of the program (score range: 0–5; the higher the score the higher quality of life).

	Successful^1			Not successful^1			Test statistics^2
	𝑁	Mean (SD)	Median	𝑁	Mean (SD)	Median
At end of 1-year program	342	3.74 (0.70)	3.90	246	3.29 (0.72)	3.36	𝑈 = 26,682.50; 𝑧 = −7.58; 𝑃 < 0.001
36-month follow-up (3YFU)	203	3.78 (0.66)	3.91	387	3.31 (0.74)	3.36	𝑈 = 25,146.00; 𝑧 = −7.19; 𝑃 < 0.001
60-month follow-up (5YFU)	127	3.76 (0.68)	3.81	459	3.27 (0.78)	3.27	𝑈 = 17,860.00; 𝑧 = −6.69; 𝑃 < 0.001

1“successful” means BMI-SDS reduction ≥ 0.2; “not successful” means BMI-SDS reduction < 0.2.
²Test statistics calculated by Mann-Whitney 𝑈-test, compared group “successful” with group “not successful.”
Mdn: median.
3YFU: 3-year follow-up (36 month/3 years after baseline).
5YFU: 5-year follow-up (60 month/5 years after baseline).