Cross-Cultural Validation of Health and Quality of Life Measures for Children in Hong Kong
Table 5
Age comparison of PedsQL between children with SEN and TD.
Variables
Mean (SD) scores on subscales
Physical health
Emotional functioning
Social functioning
School functioning
Psychosocial health
Overall score
Junior age group (ages 7 to 8)
SEN group ()
75 (16.54)
70 (17.32)
81.54 (21.64)
68.85 (16.73)
73.46 (15.45)
74.00 (14.91)
TD group ()
91.52 (11.91)
77.86 (14.10)
83.93 (15.46)
75.71 (17.53)
79.17 (13.69)
83.46 (12.43)
0.008
0.461
1.000
0.129
0.343
0.064
Senior age group (ages 9 to12)
SEN group ()
73.05 (20.04)
68.75 (22.64)
65.88 (19.43)
68.13 (18.70)
67.58 (17.47)
69.48 (17.63)
TD group ()
89.89 (9.27)
75.29 (20.37)
91.32 (12.63)
80.15 (15.98)
82.25 (14.04)
84.91 (11.27)
0.034
0.326
0.001
0.076
0.034
0.023
Note. ;; psychosocial health subscale: the mean scores of the emotional, social, and school subscales. SEN: special educational needs; TD: typical development.
