Health-related quality of life in adolescents with cerebral palsy; a cross-sectional and longitudinal population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

The aims of this population-based cross-sectional and longitudinal study were to investigate different aspects of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in adolescents with cerebral palsy (CP), to define possible changes in HRQoL from childhood to adolescence and to identify factors associated with low HRQoL in adolescence.

Methods

Proxy-reports of 64 adolescents, aged 12-17 years, with bilateral CP in GMFCS levels III-V participating in a surveillance programme, included five of the six domains from the HRQoL instrument Caregiver Priorities & Child Health Index of Life with Disabilities (CPCHILD): (1) Activities of Daily Living and Personal Care, (2) Positioning, Transfer and Mobility, (3) Comfort and Emotions, (5) General Health and (6) Overall Quality of Life, and th

SUBMITTER: Larsen SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10087639 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature