Quality Of Life Assessment In Children With Cerebral Palsy

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...

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Authors: Frota, Mirna A., Vasconcelos, Viviane M., Moreno-Valdés, María Teresa, Gomes S. Queiroz, Vanessa, Rolim, Karla Maria C., da Silva, Carlos Antonio Bruno
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Publication Date:2016
Country:España
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Language:English
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Keyword:Quality of Life
Disabilities
Cerebral Palsy
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spelling Quality Of Life Assessment In Children With Cerebral PalsyFrota, Mirna A.Vasconcelos, Viviane M.Moreno-Valdés, María TeresaGomes S. Queiroz, VanessaRolim, Karla Maria C.da Silva, Carlos Antonio BrunoQuality of LifeDisabilitiesCerebral PalsyQuality of LifeDisabilitiesCerebral PalsyObjectives: 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.TECNALIA Research & Innovation20162016-01-0120162016-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/11556/364reponame:TECNALIA Publicationsinstname:TECNALIA Research & InnovationInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:dsp.tecnalia.com:11556/3642026-06-12T12:42:27Z
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title Quality Of Life Assessment In Children With Cerebral Palsy
spellingShingle Quality Of Life Assessment In Children With Cerebral Palsy
Frota, Mirna A.
Quality of Life
Disabilities
Cerebral Palsy
Quality of Life
Disabilities
Cerebral Palsy
title_short Quality Of Life Assessment In Children With Cerebral Palsy
title_full Quality Of Life Assessment In Children With Cerebral Palsy
title_fullStr Quality Of Life Assessment In Children With Cerebral Palsy
title_full_unstemmed Quality Of Life Assessment In Children With Cerebral Palsy
title_sort Quality Of Life Assessment In Children With Cerebral Palsy
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Frota, Mirna A.
Vasconcelos, Viviane M.
Moreno-Valdés, María Teresa
Gomes S. Queiroz, Vanessa
Rolim, Karla Maria C.
da Silva, Carlos Antonio Bruno
author Frota, Mirna A.
author_facet Frota, Mirna A.
Vasconcelos, Viviane M.
Moreno-Valdés, María Teresa
Gomes S. Queiroz, Vanessa
Rolim, Karla Maria C.
da Silva, Carlos Antonio Bruno
author_role author
author2 Vasconcelos, Viviane M.
Moreno-Valdés, María Teresa
Gomes S. Queiroz, Vanessa
Rolim, Karla Maria C.
da Silva, Carlos Antonio Bruno
author2_role author
author
author
author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Quality of Life
Disabilities
Cerebral Palsy
Quality of Life
Disabilities
Cerebral Palsy
topic Quality of Life
Disabilities
Cerebral Palsy
Quality of Life
Disabilities
Cerebral Palsy
description 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.
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