TY - JOUR
A2 - Blatt, Julie
AU - Tessier, D. W.
AU - Hefner, J. L.
AU - Newmeyer, A.
PY - 2014
DA - 2014/01/23
TI - Factors Related to Psychosocial Quality of Life for Children with Cerebral Palsy
SP - 204386
VL - 2014
AB - Background. Current health services interventions focus on the treatment of the musculoskeletal impairments of cerebral palsy (CP). The goal of this study was to explore whether the severity of physical symptoms correlates with psychosocial quality of life (QOL) among pediatric patients with CP. Methods. A sample of 53 caregivers of children with CP was surveyed and health status information was extracted from patient medical records. Descriptive analysis explored the association between the main outcome variable, psychosocial QOL (CP QOL-child), and patient demographics, comorbidity (e.g., visual, hearing and feeding impairments, language delays, and epilepsy), CP severity (GMFCS), and the receipt of family centered care (MPOC-20). Results. Child psychosocial QOL decreased with increasing comorbidity but was not associated with CP symptom severity or any measured demographic factors. Reporting high levels of family centered care (FCC) was associated with higher psychosocial QOL in univariate analysis but was not significant when controlling for comorbidities. Conclusion. There is no clear connection between symptom severity and psychosocial QOL in children with CP. Comorbidity however is strongly associated with psychosocial QOL. Focusing on reducing CP comorbidities could have a positive impact on psychosocial QOL.
SN - 1687-9740
UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/204386
DO - 10.1155/2014/204386
JF - International Journal of Pediatrics
PB - Hindawi Publishing Corporation
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