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Table 2 Quality of life at baseline

From: Prevention of Morbidity in Sickle Cell Disease (POMS2a)—overnight auto-adjusting continuous positive airway pressure compared with nocturnal oxygen therapy: a randomised crossover pilot study examining patient preference and safety in adults and children

PedsQL sickle cell disease module scales

Number of items

This study

Panepinto et al. [30]

n

Mean

SD

% Floor

% Ceiling

n

Mean

SD

% Floor

% Ceiling

Child self-report

 SCD total score

43

9/11

    

240

62.4

18.6

0

0.6

 Pain and hurt

9

9/11

81.2

21.4

0

11

243

66.7

20.9

0

5.3

 Pain impact

10

9/11

71.4

24.4

0

11

239

54.0

24.8

0.3

5.6

 Pain management and control

2

9/11

80.6

19.9

0

44

235

54.9

29.9

7.5

10.6

 Worry I

5

9/11

71.1

19.6

0

11

240

63.5

26.2

0.9

10.0

 Worry II

2

9/11

94.4

11.0

0

78

182

73.4

29.7

3.7

22.1

 Emotions

2

8/11

54.7

35.9

13

25

238

62.0

33.1

8.4

19.3

 Treatment

7

8/11

79.9

21.2

0

25

237

64.3

21.9

0.3

4.0

 Communication I

3

8/11

76.0

21.6

0

37.5

239

73.8

24.9

0.3

23.4

 Communication II

3

8/11

59.4

45.1

13

37.5

236

57.2

30.5

4.7

13.4

Adult core PedsQL

 Physical

8

10/10

64.4

26.8

0

0

     

 Psychosocial

15

10/10

75.2

18.3

0

0

     

 Emotion

5

10/10

74.0

19.3

0

20

     

 Social

5

10/10

77.5

21.5

0

20

     

 Work

5

10/10

74.0

19.4

0

10

     
  1. SCD sickle cell disease, SD standard deviation