Health-related quality of life and psychological well-being responses in bronchiectasis compared with age-matched controls, children and parent participants
Bronchiectasis | Controls | p-value | |
Children | |||
Males:females n | 23:18 | 20:21 | 0.557# |
PedsQL physical | 75 (63–91) | 88 (84–94) | 0.002¶ |
PedsQL psychosocial | 17 (16–19) | 63 (47–78) | <0.001¶ |
PedsQL total | 67.4 (58.7–81.5) | 88 (85–95) | <0.001¶ |
Parents | |||
PedsQL physical | 75 (54.7–90.6) | 94 (88–100) | <0.001¶ |
PedsQL psychosocial | 17 (15–18) | 62 (51–73) | <0.001¶ |
PedsQL total | 65.8 (54.1–80.7) | 95 (88–101) | <0.001¶ |
HADS anxiety | 20 (49) | 7 (17) | 0.009# |
HADS depression | 13 (32) | 1 (2) | 0.001# |
CES-D | 23 (56) | 1 (2) | <0.001# |
Data are presented as median (interquartile range) or n (%), unless otherwise stated. PedsQL: Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory; HADS: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; CES-D: Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. #: Chi-squared test; ¶: Mann–Whitney U test.