Health-related quality of life of Palestinian preschoolers in the Gaza Strip: a cross-sectional study

Table 9 Factors associated with Psychosocial and Physical Health Scores among preschoolers in Gaza, 2007

	Psychosocial health			Physical health
	Beta	SE Beta	p-value	Beta	SE Beta	p-value
Child age (month)	-0.22¹	0.10	0.03	-0.32²	0.12	0.01
Being deprived of food, water, and electricity during incursion (Yes/No)	-8.25³	1.96	0.00	-8.10⁴	2.36	< 0.001
Witnessed assassination of people by rockets (Yes/No)	-3.70⁵	1.90	0.05
Heard of a killing of a friend (Yes/No)				-5.98⁶	2.36	0.03

Note: Beta: regression coefficient: difference in PedsQL score per unit difference in independent variable;
SE Beta: Standard Error of regression coefficient
^1: For each additional month of age, child's score in psychosocial health drops (worsens) by .22 points
^2:: For each additional month of age, child's score in Physical health drops (worsens) by .32 points
^3: Average score in psychosocial health among children deprived from food, water and electricity during incursion is 8.25 lower than those who were not deprived.
⁴: Average score in physical health among children deprived from food, water and electricity during incursion is 8.1 lower than those who were not deprived.
⁵ : Those who witnessed assassination of people by rockets had average score in psychosocial health 3.7 lower than those who did not witness assassination of people
⁶: Those who heard killing of a friend had average score in physical health 5.98 lower than those who did not heard killing of a friend

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