International Journal of Pediatrics

Research Article

Psychosocial Profile in Portuguese Adolescents with Chronic Disease Attending an Outpatient Department in a Hospital Setting

Table 4

Differences between gender (boys/girls) and using special equipment (yes/no) for all psychosocial variables.


	Gender			Special Equipment
(M±SD)	Boys	Girls	p	No	Yes	p

KIDS-10¹	82.43±11.15	76.68±13.21	.007	79.69±12.14	79.62±13.12	.974
SCL¹	36.57±4.52	34.51±4.99	.013	36.00±4.89	34.90±4.73	.202
RES¹	58.07±7.55	58.66±8.13	.663	57.70±7.64	59.40±8.04	.218
SR¹	119.63±15.17	120.18±13.64	.824	117.77±13.66	123.31±15.03	.029
SSSS¹	46.34±8.64	43.69±8.49	.075	44.61±7.86	45.80±9.80	.444

SCL: Symptoms Check List; KIDS-10: KIDSCREEN; RES: Resilience; SR: Self-regulation; SS: Social Support.
¹Tested by independent t-test.
Note: no statistical differences were found for the variables: age, educational level of the adolescents, educational level of the mother, educational level of the father, time since diagnosis, and medication use related to disease.