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http://dx.doi.org/10.12674/ptk.2017.24.1.051

Relationship Among Parents' Quality of Life, Functional Level, Performance in the Activities of Daily Living, and the Quality of Life in School-aged Children With Spastic Cerebral Palsy

Lee, Ye-seul (Dept. of Physical Therapy, National Traffic Rehabilitation Hospital)
Oh, Duck-won (Dept. of Physical Therapy, College of Health Science, Cheongju University)

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Physical Therapy Korea / v.24, no.1, 2017 , pp. 51-60 More about this Journal

Abstract

Background: In cerebral palsy (CP), parents' quality of life and rearing attitude are considered possible factors that influence patients' quality of life, function level, and performance in daily activities. Despite these facts, little attention has been given to demonstrate a relation between these factors. Objects: This study aimed to demonstrate the relationship between parents' quality of life, functional level, and performance in daily activities, the quality of life of school-aged children with spastic CP. Methods: This study included 24 parents of school-aged children with spastic CP. The KIDSCREEN-52 and World Health Organization quality of life (WHOQOL)-BREF questionnaires (including physical, psychological, social, and environmental domains) were used as research tools to assess the quality-of-life profiles of the children with spastic CP and those of their parents, respectively. In addition, the function levels and performance in daily activities of the children with CP were assessed by using the gross motor function measure (GMFM) and modified Barthel index (MBI). Correlation and multiple regression analyses were performed to clarify the determinants of the quality of life of the children with CP. Results: The KIDSCREEN-52 score correlated with the total score (r=.735, p<.01) and all domains of the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire (physical: r=.542, p<.01; psychological: r=.690, p<.01; social: r=.568, p<.01; and environmental: r=.783, p<.01). In addition, significant correlation was found between the KIDSCREEN-52 and MBI scores (r=.411, p<.05), and between the MBI and GMFM scores (r=.427, p<.05). After controlling for age, gender, paralytic type, GMFM, and MBI, the WHOQOL-BREF score ( $R^2=.621$ ), particularly in the environmental domain ( $R^2=.699$ ), remained independently related to the quality of life of the children. Conclusion: These findings suggest that the quality of life of school-aged children with spastic CP can be influenced by the quality of life of their parents. This study provides useful information for future studies to investigate the quality of life of children with CP.

Keywords

Activities of daily living; Function; Quality of life; School-aged cerebral palsy;

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