Turkish Journal of Hematology Volume: 33 - Issue: 3

Turk J Hematol 2016;33:236-243
Yıldız Kabak V, et al: Turkish Version of the PedsQL at Hacettepe University
Table 1. Demographic characteristics of the samples.
2- to 4-year-old (n=43) 5- to 7-year-old (n=31)
n % n %
Sex
Girl 21 51.2 14 45.2
Boy 22 48.8 17 54.8
Current treatment status
On-treatment 8 18.6 3 9.7
Off-treatment 8 18.6 14 45.2
Antibiotic treatment 27 62.8 10 32.3
Respondent parent
Mother 37 86.0 26 83.9
Father 4 9.3 3 9.7
Other 2 4.65 2 6.5
Education level of the parent
Illiterate 4 9.3 1 3.2
Primary school 9 20.9 6 19.4
Secondary school 2 4.7 3 9.7
High school 13 30.2 7 22.6
University 15 34.9 12 38.7
Mean SD Mean SD
The age of the children (years) 3.24 0.12 6.27 0.77
The age of the parents (years) 31.81 0.93 37.0 7.95
Total duration after diagnosis (months) 11.95 1.65 18.60 18.15
Body mass index (kg/m 2 ) 16.05 0.4 16.54 3.22
SD: Standard deviation.
Table 2. Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 3.0 Cancer Module and 4.0 Generic Core Scale Scores.
2- to 4-year-old 5- to 7-year-old
Parent Proxy-Report Parent Proxy-Report Child Self-Report
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
PedsQL 3.0 Cancer Module
Pain and hurt 72.49 21.03 75.29 20.27 76.66 25.37
Nausea 72.23 21.75 57.43 29.89 67.24 25.05
Procedural anxiety 38.19 28.52 50.25 29.95 61.36 31.25
Treatment anxiety 59.12 35.39 76.96 32.57 84.30 28.14
Worry 70.26 35.00 80.25 31.97 73.85 24.96
Cognitive problems 71.81 23.08 81.45 21.74 78.83 20.45
Perceived physical appearance 78.83 25.80 68.80 30.07 72.89 28.07
Communication 62.90 38.01 64.67 42.55 77.66 27.64
Total score 64.51 18.27 68.16 22.05 73.33 17.85
PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scale
Physical functioning 70.98 19.99 68.64 26.86 71.73 20.44
Emotional functioning 60.47 20.23 70.48 23.03 74.63 17.37
Social functioning 84.40 18.89 78.53 23.03 82.82 19.10
School-related problems 67.57 33.50 59.90 30.17 66.55 26.23
Total score 70.53 15.22 70.32 18.85 73.73 16.08
SD: Standard deviation, PedsQL: Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory.
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