Quality Of Life Assessment In Children With Cerebral Palsy
Loading...
Identifiers
Publication date
2016
Advisors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Citations
Export
Abstract
Objectives: Evaluate the QoL of children with CP followed at Núcleo
de Tratamento e Estimulação Precoce, in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil;
identify the most affected domains of the Pediatric Quality of Life
Inventory.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional, of which target population
consisted of parents of children with CP (N = 62). Data collection
was carried out by applying the socioeconomic questionnaire and
the Health-related Quality of Life tool – HRQoL-PedsQL version 4.0,
module applied to parents. Data analysis was performed with SPSS
statistical software, version 23.0.
Results: The results after transformation of scores into a scale of
0 to 100 in PedsQL, the data showed statistical difference between
QOL domains except for physical capacity and social aspect and in
descending order of impairment, the domains were related to school
activity, the emotional aspect, physical capacity and the social aspect.
Conclusions: Given the above, to attain improvement in QoL indicators,
it is reasonable to propose interdisciplinary intervention among
healthcare professionals in order to develop improved strategies aiming
to promote early integration of children with CP in schools, to obtain significant results.
Description
Keywords
Type
Citation
Frota, M., Vasconcelos, V., Valdés, M., Queiroz, V., Rolim, K., & da Silva, C. (2016). Quality of Life Assessment in Children with Cerebral Palsy. International Archives Of Medicine, 9. doi:10.3823/2210