Chronic Pain after Open Appendectomy and Its Effects on Quality of Life in Children Aged 8–18 Years
Table 4
The comparison of the PedsQL scores of children.
PedsQL scores
Children without CPAP
Children with CPAP
Total score of PedsQL of child self-report
96.67 ± 3.9
75.11 ± 16.6
<0.001
Total score of PedsQL of child’s parent report
97.42 ± 3.6
74.85 ± 17.4
<0.001
Physical score of PedsQL of child self-report
97.21 ± 4.6
68.62 ± 23.6
<0.001
Physical score of PedsQL of child’s parent report
97.72 ± 4.6
69.16 ± 23.8
<0.001
Emotional score of PedsQL of child self-report
95.35 ± 5.9
68.10 ± 26.5
<0.001
Emotional score of PedsQL of child’s parent report
97.05 ± 5.5
64.48 ± 27.3
<0.001
Social score of PedsQL of child self-report
98.84 ± 3.2
96.72 ± 8.3
0.025
Social score of PedsQL of child’s parent report
99.38 ± 2.4
97.41 ± 6.8
0.009
School score of PedsQL of child self-report
95.19 ± 7.5
71.90 ± 24.9
<0.001
School score of PedsQL of child’s parent report
95.04 ± 7.2
74.14 ± 28.6
<0.001
CPAP, chronic postappendectomy pain; PedsQL, Pediatric Quality of Life Scale; SD, standard deviation; p, statistical error. Statistical significant. The scores are presented as mean ± SD.
