TABLE 1

Health-related quality of life and psychological well-being responses in bronchiectasis compared with age-matched controls, children and parent participants

BronchiectasisControlsp-value
Children
 Males:females n23:1820:210.557#
 PedsQL physical75 (63–91)88 (84–94)0.002
 PedsQL psychosocial17 (16–19)63 (47–78)<0.001
 PedsQL total67.4 (58.7–81.5)88 (85–95)<0.001
Parents
 PedsQL physical75 (54.7–90.6)94 (88–100)<0.001
 PedsQL psychosocial17 (15–18)62 (51–73)<0.001
 PedsQL total65.8 (54.1–80.7)95 (88–101)<0.001
 HADS anxiety20 (49)7 (17)0.009#
 HADS depression13 (32)1 (2)0.001#
 CES-D23 (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.