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Table 4 Correlations between the DCGM-37 and the PedsQL 4.0 Generic core scale

From: Assessing health-related quality of life in Chinese children and adolescents with cancer: validation of the DISABKIDS chronic generic module (DCGM-37)

DCGM-37

PedsQL 4.0 Generic core scale

Physical Functioning

Emotional Functioning

Social Functioning

School Functioning

Psychosocial Health

Summary Score

Total score

Independence

0.45*/0.48*

0.49*/0.50*

0.34*/0.36*

0.40*/0.42*

0.53*/0.57*

0.55*/0.59*

Physical limitation

0.74*/0.76*

0.47*/0.45*

0.45*/0.38*

0.57*/0.60*

0.64*/0.64*

0.64*/0.76*

Emotion

0.35*/0.52*

0.68*/0.67*

0.56*/0.40*

0.27*/0.47*

0.62 */0.69*

0.55 */0.69*

Social exclusion

0.41*/0.42*

0.47 */0.54*

0.49*/0.51*

0.46*/0.41*

0.64*/0.65*

0.64*/0.62*

Social inclusion

0.40*/0.59*

0.35*/0.53*

0.59*/0.68*

0.35*/0.39*

0.57*/0.70*

0.55*/0.72*

Treatment

0.40*/0.46*

0.43*/0.51*

0.44*/0.41*

0.39*/0.38*

0.55*/0.57*

0.54*/0.59*

Total score

0.64*/0.71*

0.67 */0.70*

0.66*/0.60*

0.57*/0.59*

0.81*/0.84*

0.83*/0.87*

  1. Data were presented as self-report / proxy-report. DCGM-37 Disabled Children’s Quality-of-Life Measure (DISABKIDS) Chronic Generic Module, PedsQL 4.0 the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.0. Psychosocial Health Summary Score summary score of the Emotional, Social, and School Functioning. *P < 0.01