Table 3 Demographic characteristics and statistical analyses for participant groups: PTHS and matched AS and CdLS
Demographic characteristic | PTHS, n = 24 | AS, n = 24 | CdLS, n = 24 | Group comparison: chi-squared and Mann-Whitney U | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Comparison | χ2/U | p value | |||||
Self-help scorea | Mean (SD) | 4.04 (.62) | 4.04 (.62) | 4 (.51) | PTHS ≈ AS | 288 | 1.00 |
Median (IQR) | 4 (0) | 4 (0) | 4 (0) | PTHS ≈ CdLS | 287 | .967 | |
Range | 3–6 | 3–6 | 3–5 | ||||
Age | Mean (SD) | 11.2 (7.8) | 10.9 (7.3) | 11.3 (7.7) | PTHS ≈ AS | 282 | .901 |
Median (IQR) | 8.5 (11) | 8.5 (11) | 9 (11) | PTHS ≈ CdLS | 285 | .951 | |
Range | 1–30 | 2–27 | 1–30 | ||||
Verbal (able to speak more than 30 signs/words) (%) | 2 (8.3) | 0 (0) | 1 (4.2) | PTHS ≈ AS | 2.09 | .490b | |
PTHS ≈ CdLS | .356 | 1.00b | |||||
Mobile (able to walk unaided) (%) | 11 (45.8) | 11 (45.8) | 16 (66.7) | PTHS ≈ AS | .000 | 1.00 | |
PTHS ≈ CdLS | 2.12 | .146 | |||||
% male | 50 | 47.8 | 41.7 | PTHS ≈ AS | .020 | .880 | |
PTHS ≈ CdLS | .336 | .560 | |||||
Visiona (categorised as “normal vision”) | 9 (37.5) | 20 (87) | 14 (60.9) | PTHS < AS | 12.16 | < .001 | |
PTHS ≈ CdLS | 2.57 | .109 | |||||
Hearinga (categorised as “normal hearing”) | 23 (95.8) | 24 (100) | 8 (34.8) | PTHS ≈ AS | 1.02 | 1.00b | |
PTHS > CdLS | 19.50 | < .001 | |||||