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Table 2 Description of HRQoL, measured with DISABKIDS, scores 0–100, before and after 1-3 years of SCIT

From: Treatment with pollen allergen immunotherapy improves health-related quality of life in children and adolescents: a three-year follow-up-study

 

Base

mean (95% CI)

n = 158

Girls, n = 56

Boys, n = 102

One year

mean (95% CI)

n = 124

Girls, n = 45

Boys, n = 79

Two years

mean (95% CI)

n = 125

Girls, n = 47

Boys, n = 78

Three years

mean (95% CI)

n = 111

Girls, n = 35

Boys, n = 76

p-value

Independence

 AIT group

80.3 (77.8–82.9)

86.3 (84.3–88.4)

86.1 (83.9–88.3)

87.8 (85.5–90.1)

 < 0.001

 Girl

81.7 (78.0–85.4)

85.0 (81.0–88.6)

84.4 (80.6–88.2)

90.2 (86.7–93.8)

0.001

 Boy

79.6 (76.1–83.0)

87.3 (84.9–89.6)

87.1 (84.4–89.8)

86.7 (83.8–89.6)

 < 0.001

Inner strength

 AIT group

81.7 (78.9–84.6)

89.0 (86.6–91.4)

87.0 (84.1–89.6)

90.6 (88.0–93.1)

 < 0.001

 Girl

82.5 (77.8–87.1)

86.7 (82.6–90.8)

85.7 (81.2–90.2)

91.0 (86.9–94.9)

0.006

 Boy

81.3 (77.7–85.0)

90.3 (87.3–93.4)

87.6 (84.0–91.2)

90.4 (87.0–93.7)

 < 0.001

Social inclusion

 AIT group

81.6 (79.0–84.1)

85.6 (83.1–88.0)

86.8 (84.4–89.2)

87.8 (85.4–90.1)

 < 0.001

 Girl

83.3 (78.6–88.0)

88.2 (85.0–91.5)

87.8 (83.6–91.9)

89.4 (86.0–93.0)

0.073

 Boy

80.6 (77.6–83.5)

84.0 (80.6–87.4)

86.2 (83.2–89.1)

87.0 (83.9–90.1)

0.018

Equality

 AIT group

87.0 (84.6–89.4)

91.7 (89.9–93.5)

91.3 (89.2–93.4)

92.6 (90.5–94.7)

 < 0.001

 Girl

88.0 (83.7–92.2)

90.1 (87.0–93.2)

89.1 (85.5–92.7)

94.4 (91.3–97.5)

0.057

 Boy

86.5 (83.5–89.5)

92.6 (90.4–94.8)

92.6 (90.1–95.2)

91.7 (89.0–94.5)

 < 0.001

Physical ability

 AIT group

67.0 (63.7–70.1)

74.7 (71.3–77.4)

72.8 (69.4–76.3)

80.8 (78.1–83.6)

 < 0.001

 Girl

65.2 (59.9–70.4)

71.8 (66.9–76.7)

67.5 (62.7–72.3)

76.6 (71.5–81.7)

0.001

 Boy

67.9 (63.8–72.0)

75.9 (72.0–79.8)

76.0 (71.4–80.6)

82.8 (79.6–86.0)

 < 0.001

Treatment

 AIT group

78.6 (75.0–85.1)

82.6 (79.3–85.9)

84.7 (81.9–87.6)

86.5 (83.6–89.4)

0.144

 Girl

79.8 (74.7–84.8)

78.6 (73.0–84.2)

81.2 (76.2–86.3)

86.9 (82.1–91.6)

0.087

 Boy

77.9 (73.2–82.7)

84.8 (80.7–88.9)

86.7 (83.3–90.2)

86.3 (82.6–90.0)

0.229

Total HRQoL

 AIT group

79.5 (77.3–81.7)

85.1 (83.3–87.0)

84.8 (82.7–86.8)

87.2 (84.9–89.6)

 < 0.001

 Girl

80.1 (76.8–83.4)

83.6 (80.4–86.8)

82.7 (79.4–86.0)

87.7 (84.0–91.4)

0.001

 Boy

79.2 (76.2–82.2)

86.0 (83.7–88.3)

86.0 (83.4–88.6)

87.1 (84.1–90.0)

 < 0.001

  1. Repeated measures ANOVA