Discriminative ability of the HSCS-PS between subgroups differing in: wheezing chest in the previous year (n=4407), ear-nose-throat (ENT) surgical procedures ever (n=4346), Child Behavior Checklist behaviour problem present in the last 2 months (n=4490)†
| HSCS-PS domains | Wheezing in the previous year | ENT surgical procedures | Behaviour problems present in the last 2 months | ||||||||
| No wheezing (n=3849) | 1–3 times (n=454) | ≥4 times (n=104) | No ENT surgical procedures (n=3956) | At least 1 ENT surgical procedures (n=390) | No behaviour problems present (n=4235) | Behaviour problems present (n=255) | |||||
| Mean (SD)‡ | Mean (SD)‡ | Effect size§ | Mean (SD)‡ | Effect size¶ | Mean (SD)‡ | Mean (SD)‡ | Effect size†† | Mean (SD)‡ | Mean (SD)‡ | Effect size‡‡ | |
| Original domains | |||||||||||
| Vision | 1.02 (0.18) | 1.02 (0.16) | 0.00 | 1.05 (0.32) | 0.09 | 1.02 (0.18) | 1.01 (0.10) | 0.06 | 1.02 (0.17) | 1.04 (0.27) | 0.07 |
| Hearing | 1.02 (0.14) | 1.03 (0.17) | 0.06 | 1.05 (0.22)* | 0.14 | 1.01 (0.12) | 1.07 (0.28)*** | 0.21 | 1.02 (0.13) | 1.05 (0.25)** | 0.12 |
| Speech | 1.34 (0.50) | 1.37 (0.54) | 0.06 | 1.37 (0.58) | 0.05 | 1.33 (0.49) | 1.48 (0.60)*** | 0.25 | 1.33 (0.50) | 1.57 (0.63)*** | 0.38 |
| Mobility | 1.02 (0.15) | 1.05 (0.27)*** | 0.11 | 1.05 (0.32) | 0.09 | 1.02 (0.14) | 1.08 (0.36)*** | 0.17 | 1.02 (0.15) | 1.09 (0.36) *** | 0.19 |
| Dexterity | 1.00 (0.08) | 1.02 (0.19)* | 0.11 | 1.02 (0.20) | 0.10 | 1.01 (0.09) | 1.02 (0.18) | 0.06 | 1.00 (0.08) | 1.06 (0.31) *** | 0.19 |
| Self-care | 1.11 (0.34) | 1.17 (0.47)* | 0.13 | 1.21 (0.57) | 0.18 | 1.11 (0.34) | 1.16 (0.46) | 0.11 | 1.10 (0.33) | 1.35 (0.62) *** | 0.40 |
| Emotion | 1.00 (0.07) | 1.01 (0.12) | 0.08 | 1.00 (0.00) | 0.00 | 1.00 (0.07) | 1.02 (0.12)** | 0.17 | 1.00 (0.05) | 1.05 (0.23) *** | 0.22 |
| Learning and remembering | 1.01 (0.13) | 1.02 (0.19) | 0.05 | 1.06 (0.27)** | 0.19 | 1.01 (0.12) | 1.07 (0.28)*** | 0.21 | 1.01 (0.11) | 1.13 (0.39) *** | 0.31 |
| Thinking and problem solving | 1.02 (0.17) | 1.04 (0.27) | 0.07 | 1.03 (0.17) | 0.06 | 1.02 (0.17) | 1.05 (0.27)** | 0.11 | 1.02 (0.14) | 1.15 (0.45) *** | 0.29 |
| Pain and discomfort | 1.11 (0.31) | 1.18 (0.41)*** | 0.17 | 1.26 (0.48)*** | 0.31 | 1.10 (0.31) | 1.27 (0.48)*** | 0.35 | 1.11 (0.32) | 1.25 (0.45) *** | 0.31 |
| Disability score§§ | 10.65 (1.01) | 10.90 (1.64)*** | 0.15 | 11.09 (1.64)** | 0.27 | 10.62 (0.98) | 11.22 (1.84)*** | 0.33 | 10.62 (0.97) | 11.75 (2.17) *** | 0.52 |
| Additional domains | |||||||||||
| General health | 1.03 (0.18) | 1.13 (0.40)*** | 0.25 | 1.45 (0.65)*** | 0.65 | 1.03 (0.19) | 1.20 (0.50)*** | 0.34 | 1.04 (0.22) | 1.15 (0.44) *** | 0.25 |
| Behaviour | 1.05 (0.23) | 1.06 (0.23) | 0.04 | 1.12 (0.35)** | 0.20 | 1.05 (0.22) | 1.08 (0.30)* | 0.10 | 1.03 (0.18) | 1.35 (0.57)*** | 0.56 |
Cohen’s effect size (d): 0.2≤d<0.5 indicates a small difference, 0.5≤d<0.8 indicates a moderate difference, d≥0.8 indicates a large difference.
†Data are presented as mean or SD.
‡Two-sided Mann-Whitney U-test given a non-normal distribution of the data.
§Difference of the means divided by the largest SD between children with 1–3 times of wheezing in the past 1 year and children with no wheezing.
¶Difference of the means divided by the largest SD between children with at least four times of wheezing in the past 1 year and children with no wheezing.
††Difference of the means divided by the largest SD between children had at least one ENT surgical procedures and children had no ENT surgical procedures.
‡‡Difference of the means divided by the largest SD between children had behaviour problems and children had no behaviour problems.
§§Sum of the 10 original domains.
*P<0.05; **P<0.01; ***P<0.001.
HSCS-PS, Health Status Classification System-Preschool.