Table 3 DISABKIDS generic instrument for chronic conditions (DCGM-37) in Swedish children aged 8–18 years, parents and a European sample aged 8–16 years
Swedish Sample of JIA children n = 53 Mean (SD) | European sample of JIA children1 n = 148 Mean | P-value2 | European sample of children with chronic conditions3 n = 1.152 Mean (SD) | P-value4 | Swedish sample of parents of children with JIA n = 53 Mean (SD) | European sample of parents of children with JIA5 n = 141 Mean | P-value6 | European sample of parents of children with chronic conditions7 n = 1.152 Mean (SD) | P-value8 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independ-ence | 74.37 (15.96) | 77.58 | 0.10 | 76.90 (18.34) | 0.24 | 71.29 (18.09) | 79.34 | <0.01 | 76.60 (17.25) | 0.03 |
Physical limitation | 65.05 (21.85) | 73.02 | 0.01 | 73.85 (18.23) | <0.01 | 60.92 (22.85) | 68.54 | 0.01 | 70.19 (18.32) | <0.01 |
Social inclusion | 70.60 (19.22) | 72.86 | 0.37 | 75.25 (17.81) | 0.10 | 68.68 (19.03) | 72.59 | 0.10 | 74.28 (17.65) | <0.05 |
Social exclusion | 83.57 (16.02) | 85.79 | 0.27 | 85.15 (15.56) | 0.52 | 80.78 (20.01) | 82.69 | 0.42 | 80.91 (16.79) | 0.94 |
Emotion | 74.29 (23.19) | 73.02 | 0.69 | 76.72 (20.56) | 0.40 | 68.28 (23.78) | 70.24 | 0.60 | 71.61 (20.49) | 0.26 |
Medication | 74.79 (23.98) | 67.98 | 0.07 | 72.25 (22.71) | 0.45 | 68.20 (25.12) | 66.44 | 0.54 | 69.90 (22.15) | 0.62 |
Missing9 | 10 | 4 | ||||||||
General transformed score | 73.98 (16.51) | 76.13 | 0.38 | 76.99 (14.22) | 0.19 | 69.90 (17.98) | 74.12 | 0.10 | 74.90 (14.55) | 0.04 |