Relationships between functional skills, presence of G/J tube, highest level of mobility modification required, and total number of symptoms present at baseline in 275 children with progressive, non-curable conditions
| PEDI-G/J tube variables | Test statistics | p Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Functional skills—Self-care (raw score)* (n=271) | Total # symptoms; r=−0.287 | <0.001 | ||
| Functional skills—Mobility (raw score)* (n=271) | Total # symptoms; r=−0.297 | <0.001 | ||
| Functional skills—Social function (raw score)* (n=271) | Total # symptoms; r=−0.21 | 0.001 | ||
| PEDI: Highest level of mobility modifications†,‡ (n=270) | G/J tube present | No | Yes | |
| None: | 30 | 31 | <0.001 | |
| Child: | 39 | 28 | ||
| Rehab: | 27 | 13 | ||
| Extensive: | 27 | 75 | ||
| χ2=27.39; df=3 | ||||
| Interaction of highest level of mobility modifications & G/J tube present or not§ | Total # symptoms; | 0.17 | ||
| F=1.686; df=3258 | ||||
| PEDI: Highest level of mobility modifications§ | Total # symptoms; F=13.654; df=1258 | <0.001 | ||
| G/J tube present or not§ | Total # symptoms; | <0.01 | ||
| F=4.866; df=3258 | ||||
Numbers reported as frequency.
*Pearson correlation between functional skills and total number of symptoms at baseline.
†Highest level determined by presence of a positive response on at least one of the PEDI modification questions, where ‘None’ is the lowest level possible, and ‘Extensive’ is the highest level possible.
‡χ2 test used for comparison between highest level of mobility modifications and presence of G/J tube at baseline.
§Two-way ANOVA with highest level of mobility modifications and presence of G/J tube as the two factors, and total number of symptoms as the response variable.