Name
pedsql_total_scale_score_chld
Label
Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory: Child Total Score
Description

Summary score for the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory. Varni, Seid, and Rode 1999 (PubMed ID: 10024117) Each item is reverse transformed from 1-4 likert scale to 100-0 score. Higher scores indicate better HRQOL (Health-Related Quality of Life). The summary score is the mean is computed as the sum of all the items over the number of items answered on all the Scales.

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Type
numeric
Visit Number vs Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory: Child Total Score
N Mean StdDev Median Min Max Unknown Total
Baseline 449 68.0 ± 15.4 69.0 11.8 99.1 4 453
Follow-up 394 70.9 ± 16.4 73.4 7.0 99.1 59 453
Treatment Arm vs Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory: Child Total Score
Baseline
N Mean StdDev Median Min Max Unknown Total
Total 449 68.0 ± 15.4 69.0 11.8 99.1 4 453
Early adenotonsillectomy (EAT) 225 68.3 ± 16.1 70.3 22.5 99.1 1 226
Watchful waiting with supportive care (WWSC) 224 67.6 ± 14.8 68.2 11.8 96.9 3 227
Treatment Arm vs Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory: Child Total Score
Follow-up
N Mean StdDev Median Min Max Unknown Total
Total 394 70.9 ± 16.4 73.4 7.0 99.1 59 453
Early adenotonsillectomy (EAT) 195 71.6 ± 16.1 73.9 7.0 99.1 31 226
Watchful waiting with supportive care (WWSC) 199 70.1 ± 16.6 71.7 22.1 99.1 28 227
Child's age vs Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory: Child Total Score
Baseline
N Mean StdDev Median Min Max Unknown Total
Total 449 68.0 ± 15.4 69.0 11.8 99.1 4 453
5 - 7 years old 325 67.0 ± 15.6 68.2 11.8 99.1 4 329
8 - 10 years old 124 70.4 ± 14.8 71.0 24.2 97.4 - 124
Child's age vs Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory: Child Total Score
Follow-up
N Mean StdDev Median Min Max Unknown Total
Total 393 70.8 ± 16.4 73.2 7.0 99.1 6 399
5 - 7 years old 259 68.8 ± 16.6 71.1 17.4 99.1 3 262
8 - 10 years old 134 74.8 ± 15.3 77.5 7.0 97.4 3 137
Child's gender vs Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory: Child Total Score
Baseline
N Mean StdDev Median Min Max Unknown Total
Total 449 68.0 ± 15.4 69.0 11.8 99.1 4 453
Female 233 66.9 ± 15.6 67.8 24.2 97.4 1 234
Male 216 69.1 ± 15.3 70.2 11.8 99.1 3 219
Child's gender vs Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory: Child Total Score
Follow-up
N Mean StdDev Median Min Max Unknown Total
Total 394 70.9 ± 16.4 73.4 7.0 99.1 59 453
Female 202 71.6 ± 16.4 74.1 22.1 99.1 32 234
Male 192 70.1 ± 16.4 73.1 7.0 99.1 27 219
Child's race vs Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory: Child Total Score
Baseline
N Mean StdDev Median Min Max Unknown Total
Total 449 68.0 ± 15.4 69.0 11.8 99.1 4 453
White 155 69.2 ± 14.0 69.5 12.7 99.1 1 156
Black 246 67.0 ± 16.5 69.0 11.8 96.9 3 249
Other 48 68.8 ± 14.5 69.6 29.6 96.9 - 48
Child's race vs Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory: Child Total Score
Follow-up
N Mean StdDev Median Min Max Unknown Total
Total 394 70.9 ± 16.4 73.4 7.0 99.1 59 453
White 145 72.3 ± 15.7 75.4 17.4 99.1 11 156
Black 207 70.2 ± 17.5 72.4 7.0 99.1 42 249
Other 42 69.1 ± 12.6 73.4 42.3 89.8 6 48