Quality of life, depression, and anxiety in Turkish children with vitiligo and their parents

Figures & data

Table 1. Age distribution among groups.

Group	Age		Statistical analysis^a
	Mean	SD	t	p
Vitiligo	10.71	2.21	−0.942	.350
Control	11.20	2.12

^aStudent’s t test.

Table 2. Gender distribution among groups.

	Girls		Boys		Total		Statistical analysis^a
	n	%	n	%	n	%	X^2	p
Vitiligo	22	53.7	19	46.3	41	100	0.255	.337
Control	12	40.0	18	60.0	30	100
Total	34	47.9	37	52.1	71	100

^aChi-square test.

Table 3. Comparison of groups by mean PedsQL-C and PedsQL-P scores.

PedsQL-C scores	Vitiligo		Control		Statistical analysis*
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	t	p
PFS	77.7	16.9	83.9	13.7	0.405	.110
EFS	70.6	21.2	74.0	17.1	−0.705	.483
SoFS	87.8	18.0	92.0	11.3	−1.110	.271
ScFS	73.0	17.9	81.8	12.9	−2.257	.022
PHSS	73.3	21.7	82.7	11.7	−2.004	.049
TSS	77.0	13.2	83.8	12.6	−2.159	.034
PedsQL-P scores	Vitiligo		Control		Statistical analysis^a
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	t	p
PFS	71.5	21.8	81.0	16.8	−2.056	.044
EFS	68.6	17.9	72.0	19.0	−0.759	.451
SoFS	76.7	19.8	90.0	15.6	−3.017	.004
ScFS	75.2	19.0	79.1	17.2	−0.886	.379
PHSS	73.3	21.7	82.2	11.7	−2.004	.097
TSS	72.3	13.3	82.0	14.8	−2.885	.005

Notes: PFS, physical functioning score; EFS, emotional functioning score; SoFS, social functioning score; ScFS, school functioning score; PHSS, psychosocial health summary score; and TSS, total scale score.

^aStudent’s t test.

Table 4. Comparison of depression and anxiety measures between vitiligo and control groups.

Mean score of scales	Vitiligo (n:41)	Control (n:30)	t	p^a
CDI	6.8 ± 4.6	6.4 ± 5.5	0.321	.749
A-State	44.9 ± 6.1	46.5 ± 3.9	−1.235	.221
A-Trait	46.5 ± 5.1	44.6 ± 3.6	1.696	.079
BDI	14.6 ± 12.4	8.7 ± 6.7	2.342	.013
BAI	12.8 ± 14.1	9 ± 7.8	−1.326	.189

Notes: CDI, Children’s Depression Inventory; A-State, State Anxiety Inventory for Children; A-Trait, Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children; BDI, Beck Depression Inventory; and BAI, Beck Anxiety Inventory.

^aStudent’s t test.