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Table 3 Health related quality of life scores for children with abdominal pain predominant functional gastrointestinal disorders and controls

From: Functional gastrointestinal diseases and psychological maladjustment, personality traits and quality of life

 

IBS

(n = 74)

FD

(n = 25)

AM

(n = 54)

FAP

(n = 67)

AP-FGIDs total

(n = 202)

Controls

(n = 1495)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Physical functioning

75.3 (15.1)**

86.1 (11.1)

72.3 (15.9)**

82.2 (12.6)*

78.4 (14.7)**

86.2 (12.7)

Emotional functioning

69.7 (16.6)**

77.4 (14.9)

65.7 (19.1)**

74.4 (17.6)

71.3 (17.5)**

77.4 (17.2)

Social functioning

69.9 (13.7)*

72.6 (13.7)

69.8 (16.3)

71.7 (14.7)

70.6 (14.4)**

73.4 (14.1)

School functioning

70.5 (15.8)**

78.4 (17.2)

66.9 (19.9)**

75.7 (16.9)

72.4 (17.3)**

79.5 (14.9)

Overall quality of life score

71.3 (12.2)**

78.6 (9.4)

68.7 (13.5)**

76.0 (12.6)

73.2 (12.5)**

79.2 (11.6)

  1. *p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, compared to controls, unpaired t-test