Table 3

Comparison of PedsQL scores between injured children and healthy population norm

	Baseline	1 month	3–4 months	6 months	12 months	24 months	Healthy norm
	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
	n=1147	n=429	n=1010	n=829	n=1842	n=1380	n=717
Total score	87.90 (12.11)	77.05 (18.44)*	83.44 (15.25)*	83.27 (17.24)*	85.14 (15.73)*	84.56 (15.88)*	87.61 (12.33)
	n=1146	n=429	n=1011	n=972	n=1960	n=1464	n=717
Physical score	93.95 (11.58)*	69.71 (27.21)*	87.12 (18.14)	83.81 (21.92)*	88.21 (18.15)	88.94 (17.43)	89.32 (16.35)
	n=1147	n=428	n=1008	n=960	n=1953	n=1454	n=717
Psychosocial score	85.74 (13.56)	81.02 (16.27)*	82.47 (15.58)*	83.05 (18.08)*	83.77 (17.00)*	82.86 (17.29)*	86.58 (12.79)

*P<0.003 comparison to population norms. Refer to table 1 for the details of the cohort inclusion for each time point.
PedsQL, Paediatric Quality of Life Inventory.