Table 6 Quality of life scores of child self-report classified by treatment characteristics of the patients
From: Factors affecting health-related quality of life in Thai children with thalassemia
Child self-report | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total summary score | Physical health | Psychosocial health | Emotional functioning | Social functioning | School functioning | ||
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||
Receiving a blood transfusion during the previous 3 months (n = 245) | |||||||
Yes | n = 103 | 74.49(12.58) | 75.00(16.19) | 74.54(13.12) | 74.85(18.37) | 82.67(16.04) | 65.15(16.90) |
No | n = 142 | 78.51(10.55) | 80.74(13.07) | 76.84(12.53) | 76.79(16.10) | 85.35(13.18) | 69.82(15.47) |
P-value | 0.027 | 0.008 | 0.187 | 0.615 | 0.320 | 0.079 | |
Frequency of blood transfusion (n = 312) | |||||||
None | n = 146 | 78.05(10.77) | 79.77(13.25) | 76.76(12.53) | 76.30(16.61) | 85.68(13.55) | 69.42(16.92) |
Occasional | n = 58 | 76.52(10.86) | 78.50(15.77) | 74.37(12.40) | 74.91(15.55) | 82.33(15.59) | 69.14(13.48) |
Low | n = 77 | 75.06(11.97) | 76.70(15.52) | 74.13(13.78) | 75.71(17.69) | 81.16(15.47) | 65.65(15.65) |
High | n = 31 | 76.44(12.38) | 76.91(16.00) | 76.45(17.33) | 76.45(17.33) | 85.65(13.84) | 66.45(14.21) |
P-value | 0.42 | 0.62 | 0.45 | 0.72 | 0.13 | 0.26 | |
Iron chelation treatment* (n = 277) | |||||||
Yes | n = 61 | 74.39(12.24) | 74.59(15.01) | 76.64(13.75) | 76.64(17.79) | 82.62(15.04) | 63.61(17.06) |
No | n = 216 | 77.01(11.11) | 78.73(14.85) | 75.64(12.27) | 75.21(16.34) | 83.84(14.61) | 69.21(15.67) |
P-value | 0.214 | 0.051 | 0.759 | 0.343 | 0.601 | 0.026 | |