Children with a chronic disease | General population | |
Children aged 2–7 years old, parent report | n=146 | n=187 |
Total fatigue | 78.0±19.0 | 82.9±11.0 |
General fatigue | 74.6±23.4 | 83.5±12.1 |
Sleep/rest fatigue | 77.2±22.0 | 85.1±12.9 |
Cognitive fatigue | 82.2±19.5 | 80.1±16.3 |
Percentage severely fatigued | 23.3 | 4.3 |
Children aged 8–12 years old, child report | n=125 | n=143 |
Total fatigue | 77.1±15.2 | 78.7±12.5 |
General fatigue | 78.9±18.5 | 82.7±12.9 |
Sleep/rest fatigue | 74.0±17.2 | 77.5±15.0 |
Cognitive fatigue | 77.4±19.6 | 75.8±19.1 |
Percentage severely fatigued | 16.2 | 3.9 |
Children aged 13–18 years old, child report* | n=210 | n=155 |
Total fatigue | 69.5±18.8 | 75.2±11.9 |
General fatigue | 68.2±23.8 | 76.7±14.3 |
Sleep/rest fatigue | 65.6±20.0 | 71.9±14.2 |
Cognitive fatigue | 75.4±22.1 | 77.2±15.3 |
Percentage severely fatigued | 22.2 | 6.7 |
All fatigue scores are reported as mean±SD.
*In the group of children with chronic diseases, nine questionnaires were parent reported instead of child reported.