Quality of Life Is Influenced by Body Weight, Education, and Family Income in Adolescents with Chronic Diseases
Table 2
Comparison of total scores and HRQoL dimensions by chronic disease groups and control group, adolescent self-report and parent-proxy report.
Scale
Groups
Differences from CG
Differences between chronic disease groups
CG
CA
DM1
OW
AS
Self-Report (Adolescent)
N = 100
N = 65
N = 31
N = 50
N = 30
Total score
77.70 (10.45)†††
67.58 (13.03)†††
76.85 (11.92)†
71.8 (13.34)†††
76.67 (13.90)†
CG> CA, OW
CA < DM1, AS
Physical health
82.56 (10.78)†††
68.17 (20.94)†††
81.75 (14.62)†††
75.62 (15.31)†
79.17(14.34)†
CG> CA
CA < DM1, AS
Psychosocial health
74.80 (10.43) †††
63.67 (13.16)†††
72.47 (12.36)
69.21 (12.71)†††
73.29 (14.08)†
CG> CA
CA < DM1, AS
Emotional functioning
65.00 (15.94) †††
62.62 (17.70)
64.52 (18.59)
63.20 (18.92)†
73.67 (17.51)†
-
-
Social functioning
86.40 (14.82) †††
79.31 (18.50)†
90.00 (16.88)
79.50 (20.13)†††
86.33 (17.24)
-
CA < DM1
School functioning
76.85 (12.65) †††
59.92 (18.80)†††
71.12 (17.73)††
68.80 (14.09)†††
67.17 (17.40)
CG> CA, OW, AS
CA < DM1, OW
Proxy-Report
Total score
85.33 (10.15)
65.30 (15.55)
76.90 (11.54)
68.08 (16.57)
73.62 (12.33)
CG> all
CA < DM1, AS/ DM1 >OW
Physical health
89.65 (09.58)
64.04 (24.82)
82.26 (17.55)
69.50 (22.50)
77.81 (17.91)
CG> CA, OW, AS
CA < DM1, AS/ DM1 >OW
Psychosocial health
83.88 (11.26)
65.59 (14.69)
75.11 (11.82)
67.60 (16.29)
72.22 (13.48)
CG> all
CA < DM1
Emotional functioning
76.10 (16.20)
55.69 (19.50)
59.68 (18.53)
62.30 (18.38)
66.00 (21.55)
CG> CA, DM1, OW
-
Social functioning
93.35 (12.31)
79.08 (22.46)
89.03 (15.99)
75.80 (24.98)
85.00 (17.62)
CG> CA, OW
DM1 <OW
School functioning
82.20 (14.55)
62.00 (21.37)
76.61 (14.51)
64.70 (22.21)
65.67 (17.21)
CG> CA, OW, AS
CA < DM1 / DM1 <OW
Data were expressed in mean and standard deviation. CG = control group; CA = cancer group; DM1 = type 1 diabetes group; OW = overweight group. p < .05 based on Tukey post hoc ANOVA; †p < .05; ††p< 0.01; †††p< 0.001 based on pared t-test.
