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Table 3 Parent Self-Report questionnaire scores for children with DSD and children with other Endocrine conditions

From: Parent-reported outcomes in young children with disorders/differences of sex development

Self-Report Domains

DSD Sample

Endocrine Sample

DSD vs Endocrine

na

Subscale score, median (range)

SDSb, median (range)

na

Subscale score, median (range)

SDSb, median (range)

p valuec

Communication and Information

 Mothers

42

75.00 (37.50, 100.00)

0.01 (−2.21, 1.49)

34

75.00 (25.00, 100.00)

0.01 (−2.95, 1.49)

NS

 Fathers

13

75.00 (37.50, 87.50)

0.22 (−1.40, 0.76)

9

62.5 (0.00, 87.50)

−0.32 (−3.02, 0.76)

NS

Talking to Others

 Mothers

41

62.50 (35.00, 100.00)

−0.06 (− 1.18, 1.47)

34

83.13 (43.75, 100.00)

0.78* (− 0.83, 1.47)

NS

 Fathers

12

81.25 (37.50, 100.00)

−0.25 (−2.86, 0.86)

9

90.00 (45.00, 100.00)

0.27 (−2.41, 0.86)

NS

Future Concerns

 Mothers

42

50.00 (0.00, 100.00)

−0.28 (−2.14, 1.73)

35

85.71 (3.57, 100.00)

1.17* (−2.00, 1.73)

0.02

 Fathers

13

57.14 (21.43, 92.86)

−1.60* (−4.21, 1.00)

9

85.71 (50.00, 100.00)

0.48 (− 2.13, 1.52)

0.04

Medication

 Mothers

14

66.67 (0.00, 100.00)

−0.13 (−2.50, 1.05)

25

83.33 (0.00, 100.00)

0.31 (−2.50, 1.05)

NS

 Fathers

6

100.00 (77.78, 100.00)

1.80* (1.01, 1.80)

3

100.00 (75.00, 100.00)

1.80 (0.92, 1.80)

NS

Clinic Visit

 Mothers

38

70.83 (56.25, 100.00)

−0.05 (−1.69, 1.00)

32

91.67 (33.33, 100.00)

0.70* (−1.37, 0.99)

NS

 Fathers

11

87.50 (37.50, 100.00)

2.10* (0.16, 2.58)

8

68.75 (50.00, 91.67)

1.37* (0.64, 2.60)

NS

Surgery

 Mothers

11

12.50 (0.00, 91.67)

−1.02 (−1.51, 2.14)

4

31.30 (0.00, 83.30)

0.47 (−1.02, 1.80)

NS

 Fathers

4

41.70 (25.0, 100.00)

−1.61 (−2.29, 0.77)

1

12.50 (12.50, 12.50)

−2.80 (− 2.80,-2.80)

NS

Stigma

 Mothers

42

1.60 (1.00. 2.67)

−0.25 (−1.21, 1.44)

35

1.40 (1.00, 3.20)

−0.57 (−1.21, 2.29)

NS

 Fathers

13

1.40 (1.00, 2.10)

−0.36 (−1.27, 1.23)

9

1.60 (1.00, 2.11)

0.09 (−1.27, 1.25)

NS

PHQ-4

 Mothers

40

1.00 (0.00, 8.00)

0.54 (0.89, 1.96)

34

0.00 (0.00, 6.00)

0.89 (−1.25, 0.89)

NS

 Fathers

12

0.00 (0.00, 6.00)

0.89 (0.89, 1.25)

9

0.00 (0.00, 4.00)

0.89 (−0.54, 0.89)

NS

  1. an’s vary by domain due to item responses and not all children have had surgery or take medication. bSDS standard deviation score; subscale values are presented as SDS based on reference data. cp values have been adjusted for multiple comparisons using false discovery rates; significance has been assigned at adjusted p < 0.05. *p < 0.05, compared to SDS of zero. All p values have been adjusted for multiple comparisons