Executive functions and quality of life in children with neurofibromatosis type 1

Table 2 Scores on the Kidscreen-52 quality of life assessment for children with NF1 and healthy controls

Quality of life scores^a	Children with NF1			Healthy controls			t(df)^b	p Value^b	Cohen’s d
Quality of life scores^a	n	Mean	(SD)	n	Mean	(SD)	t(df)^b	p Value^b	Cohen’s d
Physical wellbeing
Children	40	48.87	9.70	56	52.88	9.86	1.981 (85.01)	0.051	0.409
Parents	40	45.48	7.87	56	50.53	9.69	2.815 (92.37)	0.006	0.573
Psychological wellbeing
Children	40	51.77	8.19	56	54.33	10.27	1.360 (92.79)	0.177	0.276
Parents	40	47.51	11.46	56	50.62	9.65	1.400 (74.88)	0.166	0.294
Moods and emotions
Children	39	56.38	12.51	56	60.09	9.34	1.572 (66.31)	0.121	0.336
Parents	40	54.20	11.98	56	58.92	8.95	2.104 (68.57)	0.039	0.446
Self-perception
Children	39	56.35	10.10	56	56.43	9.61	0.039 (79.28)	0.969	0.008
Parents	40	49.57	10.44	56	49.89	7.89	0.162 (69.13)	0.872	0.034
Autonomy
Children	39	46.28	10.22	56	49.58	9.96	1.564 (80.55)	0.122	0.327
Parents	40	43.47	8.99	56	44.77	7.41	0.751 (73.74)	0.455	0.158
Parental relations and home life
Children	39	47.68	9.01	56	50.58	11.13	1.400 (90.83)	0.165	0.286
Parents	40	42.84	10.86	56	46.41	9.551	1.669 (77.26)	0.099	0.349
Social support and peers
Children	39	46.01	14.74	56	52.15	11.55	2.178 (68.78)	0.033	0.464
Parents	39	37.30	12.37	56	44.89	9.82	3.196 (69.45)	0.002	0.680
School environment
Children	39	53.40	12.38	56	58.21	10.02	2.007 (70.44)	0.049	0.426
Parents	39	46.36	9.98	56	53.15	7.84	3.553 (68.90)	< 0.001	0.756
Social acceptance
Children	39	49.52	11.97	56	52.02	7.65	1.149 (59.34)	0.255	0.249
Parents	40	46.84	10.99	56	50.76	8.73	1.875 (71.73)	0.065	0.395

^aStandardized T score (M = 50, SD = 10); lower scores indicate poorer quality of life
^bAll values shown correspond to the degrees of freedom, t and p corrected (Welch correction)

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