Quality of life in children with cerebral palsy
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Date
2023-06
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Mrs Dipika Charan of MedScience (India) Publications
Abstract
Background: Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common motor disability in childhood. Quality of life (QOL) has emerged as an important concept in childhood, especially for children with disabilities. CP has an impact on a child’s capacity to do activities of daily living thus affecting QOL of patients and their families. Aims and Objectives: The objective of present study was to assess the QOL in children with CP. Materials and Methods: In this study, 29 children with CP in the age group of 4–12 years were evaluated for QOL was assessed using CPQOL-Child Primary Caregiver Questionnaire (4–12 years). The questionnaire was completed by one of the parents or their caregiver. Scores for each domain of QOL were converted to a scale ranging from 0 to 100 and analyzed. Results: The scores as reported by the parents were low for each of the domains with maximum effect seen in functioning domain and least in pain domain. Girls had better QOL than boys. The QOL scores were negatively related to the severity of CP which was assessed by gross motor function classification system suggesting that severity of disability had negative impact on QOL. Conclusion: QOL of children with CP was found to be poor and was influenced by age, sex and motor functioning
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Cerebral Palsy, Quality of Life, Gross Motor Function Classification System
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Nanjundappa N, Krishna P, B S, Ghosh R, K T.. Quality of life in children with cerebral palsy. National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 2023 Jun; 13(6): 1339-1343