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Table 1 Subject characteristics by age and sex

From: Reliability and validity of the Japanese version of the KIDSCREEN-52 health-related quality of life questionnaire for children/adolescents and parents/proxies

Age group

8–11 years old

12–18 years old

Sex

Boys (n = 357)

Girls (n = 416)

Boys (n = 408)

Girls (n = 383)

Respondents

321

89.9a

394

94.7

232

56.9

327

85.8

Respondents without missing values

244

76.0b

303

72.8

214

92.2

297

90.8

Age , years; mean, S.D.

9.2

0.9

9.2

0.9

14.4

1.7

14.6

1.6

Subjects with chronic illness

16

6.6c

18

5.9

14

6.5

23

7.7

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

J-KIDSCREEN-52

 Physical Well-being

58.8

12.5

57.9

12.0

49.7

11.8

49.0

12.1

 Psychological Well-being

53.6

11.9

56.8*

10.9

45.9

11.9

48.9*

13.1

 Moods & Emotions

52.0

11.6

53.6

11.8

47.2

10.9

47.7

12.0

 Self-Perception

49.4

9.5

49.5

9.7

45.0

7.2

43.7

8.9

 Autonomy

49.2

11.8

50.2

11.4

45.3

9.7

47.4*

10.2

 Parent Relations & Home Life

51.3

10.9

53.6*

11.0

45.0

11.0

49.0*

12.1

 Financial Resources

44.4

13.0

46.2

12.4

48.2

9.5

50.8*

9.8

 Social Support & Peers

54.0

12.

57.6*

12.0

50.5

12.1

55.3*

12.9

 School Environment

58.3

11.6

60.1

11.3

49.6

10.0

51.5*

10.8

 Social Acceptance (Bullying)

47.6

12.2

48.7

11.1

44.8

11.8

47.4*

11.0

PedsQL

 Physical functioning

92.7

10.1

91.4

11.4

93.1

11.8

92.8

10.2

 Emotional functioning

86.7

16.9

85.0

19.3

89.8

15.5

86.4*

18.4

 Social functioning

92.1

14.8

92.4

15.9

94.1

14.0

92.4

14.8

 School functioning

90.2

12.5

91.1

13.7

89.5

13.9

87.7

15.0

  1. * Statistically significant difference (p < 0.05) of mean scores noted between boys and girls in each age group by t test
  2. aPercentage of all respondents
  3. bPercentage of respondents without missing values
  4. cPercentage of subjects with chronic illness
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