Health-related quality of life in girls and boys with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: self- and parental reports in a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Health-related quality of life measured by PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales in children with JIA aged 8–18 years and differences in self- and parent-reports

	Girls n = 37 Mean (SD) Median (range)	Girls’ parents n = 37 Mean (SD) Median (range)	p-value¹	Boys n = 16 Mean (SD) Median (range)	Boys’ parents n = 16 Mean (SD) Median (range)	p-value¹
Physical health	70.82 (17.98) 68.75 (26.79-100)	65.49 (20.73) 67.86 (31.25-100)	0.028	62.50 (25.72) 65.62 (15.63-100)	67.21 (20.52) 65.62 (18.75-100)	0.116
Emotional functioning	79.86 (21.06) 85.00 (30.00-100)	71.59 (22.78) 75.00 (15.00-100)	0.009	76.48 (23.78) 85.00 (10.00-100)	74.37 (25.02) 77.50 (0.00-100)	0.623
Social functioning	86.69 (14.51) 90.00 (45.00-100)	76.76 (18.49) 80.00 (25.00-100)	0.001	79.37 (19.91) 80.00 (15.00-100)	85.94 (19.25) 90.00 (25.00-100)	0.027
School functioning	71.65 (21.03) 80.00 (25.00-95.00)	67.89 (22.60) 75.00 (20.00-100)	0.135	75.00 (18.07) 80.00 (25.00-100)	73.44 (23.57) 77.50 (5.00-100)	0.637
Psychosocial health	79.40 (15.91) 81.67 (48.33-98.33)	72.06 (18.90) 71.67 (30.00-100)	0.002	76.94 (19.37) 78.75 (16.67-100)	77.92 (20.99) 79.17 (10.00-100)	0.691
HRQOL total score	76.44 (14.64) 77.17 (42.61-98.91)	69.81 (18.36) 68.48 (30.43-100)	0.003	71.89 (19.71) 69.02 (16.30-100)	74.20 (19.59) 73.37 (13.04-100)	0.410

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