Table 5

Symptoms of SSPedi-BR and comparison among the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory scores (n=41)

SSPedi-BR symptomsP value*EmotionalPhysicalSocial
Mean (SD)Mean (SD)Mean (SD)
Feeling disappointed or sad
 No 0.19472.0 (18.2)87.3 (15.7)87.5 (15.2)
 Yes57.7 (25.5)78.4 (24.4)88.0 (15.6)
 Effect size0.980.220.40
 P value**
Feeling scared or worried (reflective)
 No0.00875.0 (16.3)87.5 (27.5)88.4 (16.6)
 Yes51.7 (23.8)76.6 (21.7)86.7 (16.4)
 Effect size0.960.150.03
 P value**0.0010.080.731
Feeling cranky or angry
(Don’t feel like smiling)
 No 0.11772.8 (13.6)88.3 (15.3)87.3 (14.4)
 Yes57.6 (27.2)77.9 (21.5)88.0 (16.3)
 Effect size1.120.380.41
 P value**
Problems with thinking or remembering things
 No 0.95864.4 (23.5)82.9 (19.5)87.5 (15.3)
 Yes70.0 (17.3)82.2 (20.8)88.0 (16.3)
 Effect size0.650.080.22
 P value**
Changes in how your body (visually) or face look
 No 0.20971.3 (18.9)85.5 (15.8)87.3 (16.4)
 Yes56.1 (25.5)79.4 (23.3)90.0 (17.2)
 Effect size0.540.210.22
 P value**
Feeling tired
 No 0.49071.1 (23.6)86.5 (17.8)87.9 (16.2)
 Yes60.2 (21.8)80.1 (20.3)87.6 (14.9)
 Effect size0.850.780.49
 P value**
Mouth sores
 No 0.16166.6 (22.3)85.0 (16.8)88.7 (14.5)
 Yes48.7 (24.9)63.2 (31.2)78.7 (24.6)
 Effect size0.380.520.39
 P value**
Headache
 No 0.99165.1 (23.6)82.8 (19.8)87.8 (14.9)
 Yes61.6 (15.2)83.3 (13.0)86.6 (23.0)
 Effect size0.580.390.28
 P value**
Hurt or pain (other than headache)
 No 0.20368.7 (21.4)85.4 (17.1)89.3 (14.2)
 Yes51.6 (24.3)73.9 (24.5)83.3 (18.5)
 Effect size0.730.640.23
 P value**
Tingly (small shocks) or numb hands or feet (no feeling in the hands or feet)
 No 0.14965.2 (21.6)84.3 (17.0)89.1 (13.6)
 Yes60.0 (42.7)65.6 (39.8)70.0 (25.9)
 Effect size0.710.560.26
 P value**
Throwing up or feeling like you may throw up
 No 0.99662.4 (24.2)82.3 (20.9)87.5 (15.4)
 Yes65.7 (21.9)83.9 (16.5)88.2 (15.5)
 Effect size0.620.450.23
 P value**
Feeling more or less hungry (change in appetite) than you usually do
 No 0.19376.3 (15.1)88.9 (19.5)92.7 (8.17)
 Yes60.8 (24.1)80.6 (19.1)85.8 (16.9)
 Effect size0.500.130.01
 P value**
Changes in taste (taste of the food)
 No 0.0672.9 (20.6)80.3 (24.7)85.2 (14.4)
 Yes58.9 (23.2)84.7 (14.4)89.5 (15.9)
 Effect size0.230.010.01
 P value**
Constipation (hard to poop)
 No 0.60867.7 (22.8)84.2 (20.6)88.7 (13.9)
 Yes57.2 (22.5)79.2. (15.5)85.0 (18.8)
 Effect size0.510.470.32
 P value**
Diarrhoea (watery, runny poop)
 No 0.73465.7 (21.6)82.2 (20.4)88.1 (15.1)
 Yes60.7 (30.0)86.1 (13.2)85.7 (16.9)
 Effect size0.150.260.18
 P value**
 Severity degreeP value*
 Low <
 High0.003
 Effect size0.990.500.27
 P value**0.0010.3760.415
  • Self-reported version. *MANOVA (Pillai’s trace), **post-hoc test (Bonferroni).

  • SSPedi-BR, Rastreamento de Sintomas em Pediatria Brasileiro.