Health-related quality of life, depression, and self-esteem in adolescents with leprosy-affected parents: results of a cross-sectional study in Nepal

Table 3 Comparison of the KINDL ^R, CES-D, and RSES scores for adolescents with one and both parents affected by leprosy

	Scales	Adolescents with one parent affected by leprosy (n = 61)		Adolescents with both parents affected by leprosy (n = 41)		pvalue¹⁾	Effect size²⁾
	Scales	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	pvalue¹⁾	Effect size²⁾
KINDL^R
	Total Score	59.6	11.0	50.4	14.0	<.001	0.74
	Physical Well-Being	51.9	15.0	50.3	13.8	.602	0.11
	Emotional Well-Being	53.1	12.9	46.7	15.4	.024	0.45
	Self-Esteem	51.8	18.1	41.2	19.3	.006	0.57
	Family	62.4	15.6	52.9	21.2	.010	0.52
	Friends	77.3	16.5	64.0	21.2	.001	0.70
	School	61.1	21.2	47.1	24.5	.003	0.61
CES-D		13.6	7.6	15.4	7.2	.229	0.25
RSES		19.7	5.9	18.5	6.3	.345	0.19

¹⁾ t-test was used for significant differences between adolescents with one and both parents affected by leprosy.
²⁾ Effect sizes as used in the analyses were calculated by taking the differences between the two means of the adolescents with one and both parents affected by leprosy , divided by the standard deviation.

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