Introduction
Materials and methods
Sample
Data collection
Data analysis
Results
Response rate and profile
Characteristics | Classification |
N
| % |
---|---|---|---|
Type of motor impairment | Spastic | 44 | 61.1 |
Non-spastic | 28 | 38.9 | |
Topographic classification | Monoplegia | 1 | 1.4 |
Hemiplegia | 10 | 13.9 | |
Diplegia | 15 | 20.8 | |
Quadriplegia | 40 | 55.6 | |
Unclassified | 6 | 8.3 | |
Gross motor function classification system (GMFCS)[24] | Level I | 7 | 9.7 |
Level II | 12 | 16.7 | |
Level III | 8 | 11.1 | |
Level IV | 10 | 13.9 | |
Level V | 33 | 45.8 | |
Unclassified | 2 | 2.8 |
PedsQL Score | Possible range | Floor effect | Ceiling effect | Mean (SD) | P value | Effect size | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CP | Non-CP | CP | Non-CP | CP | Non-CP | ||||
Overall | 0–92 | 8% | 22% | 0% | 0% | 43.29 (22.20) | 13.75 (12.03) | <0.001 | 1.65 |
Physical functioning | 0–32 | 11% | 56% | 11% | 0% | 18.50 (10.97) | 2.89 (4.33) | <0.001 | 1.87 |
Emotional functioning | 0–20 | 18% | 44% | 0% | 0% | 6.14 (4.15) | 2.99 (3.30) | <0.001 | 0.84 |
Social functioning | 0–20 | 14% | 39% | 0% | 0% | 8.56 (4.73) | 3.22 (3.42) | <0.001 | 1.29 |
School functioning | 0–20 | 13% | 24% | 3% | 0% | 10.10 (5.55) | 4.65 (3.56) | <0.001 | 1.17 |
ECOHIS whole score | Possible range | Floor effect | Mean (SD) | P value | Effect size | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CP | Non-CP | CP | Non-CP | ||||
Overall | 13–78 | 35% | 40% | 19.03 (6.36) | 16.10 (4.09) | 0.016* | 0.55 |
Child Impact | 9–54 | 39% | 49% | 13.03 (4.38) | 11.15 (3.03) | 0.017* | 0.50 |
Child symptoms domain | 1–6 | 75% | 61% | 1.39 (0.76) | 1.58 (0.85) | 0.090 | – |
Child function domains | 4–24 | 54% | 68% | 7.25 (4.46) | 5.28 (2.13) | 0.015* | 0.56 |
Child psychological domain | 2–12 | 74% | 88% | 2.60 (1.13) | 2.26 (0.82) | 0.032* | 0.34 |
Child social interaction domain | 2–12 | 94% | 90% | 2.15 (0.78) | 2.22 (0.74) | 0.346 | – |
Family impact | 4–24 | 58% | 68% | 6.00 (2.93) | 4.94 (1.62) | 0.059 | – |
Parent distress domain | 2–12 | 60% | 74% | 3.26 (1.74) | 2.58 (1.12) | 0.022* | 0.46 |
Family function domain | 2–12 | 74% | 83% | 2.74 (1.46) | 2.36 (0.89) | 0.127 | – |
ECOHIS and sub-domains | PedsQL and sub-domains | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall | Physical functioning | Emotional functioning | Social functioning | School functioning | |
Overall | 0.203* | 0.246** | 0.220** | 0.185* | 0.109ns
|
Child impact | 0.196* | 0.236** | 0.211* | 0.182* | 0.105ns
|
Child symptoms | 0.074ns
| 0.058ns
| 0.193* | 0.086ns
| 0.018ns
|
Child function | 0.150ns
| 0.181* | 0.104ns
| 0.169* | 0.088ns
|
Child psychological | 0.185* | 0.221** | 0.188* | 0.126ns
| 0.125ns
|
Child social interaction | 0.009ns
| 0.008ns
| 0.051ns
| 0.007ns
| −0.028ns
|
Family impact scale | 0.135ns
| 0.166* | 0.162ns
| 0.141ns
| 0.053ns
|
Parent distress domain | 0.202* | 0.223** | 0.218** | 0.205* | 0.112ns
|
Family function domain | 0.055ns
| 0.107ns
| 0.077ns
| 0.021ns
| 0.013ns
|