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Table 1 Health related quality of life (HRQoL) scores in children with abdominal predominant functional gastrointestinal diseases and controls

From: Quality of life and health care consultation in 13 to 18 year olds with abdominal pain predominant functional gastrointestinal diseases

Quality of life domains

Irritable bowel syndrome

Functional dyspepsia

Abdominal migraine

Functional abdominal pain

AP-FGD total

Controls

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Physical functioning (%)

84.7 (15.1)****

94.0 (7.8)

81.6 (15.2)****

89.1 (12.1)***

87.9 (13.4)****

91.5 (10.9)

Emotional functioning (%)

70.1 (21.2)****

89.5 (9.3)

68.4 (22.8)****

77.8 (19.7)****

75.6 (20.3)****

83.4 (17.0)

Social functioning (%)

85.7 (16.5)****

95.0 (9.2)

86.3 (15.6)****

92.1 (12.1)

90.0 (14.0)****

92.7 (11.6)

School functioning (%)

74.1 (18.7)****

89.5 (12.5)

72.5 (19.3)****

79.9 (16.6)*

78.0 (18.0)****

82.6 (16.8)

Total HRQoL score (%)

79.6 (13.6)****

92.3 (5.6)

78.6 (12.7)****

85.6 (10.4)**

83.8 (11.8)****

88.1 (10.9)

  1. AP-FGD = abdominal pain predominant functional gastrointestinal diseases.
  2. *p = 0. 04, **p = 0.006, ***p = 0.003, **** p < 0.0001 compared to controls, unpaired t-test.