Rehabilitation status of children with cerebral palsy and anxiety of their caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The purpose of the study is to explore the rehabilitation status of children with cerebral palsy (CP) and anxiety level of their caregivers during the Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Methods

Caregivers of children with CP who were being followed up in our outpatient CP clinic were contacted between May 28 and June 26, 2020. Two hundred and six caregivers who voluntarily agreed to participate were administered the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and were questioned about the rehabilitation status of their children. Demographic data, other health problems, Gross Motor Function Classification System, and Manual Ability Classification System levels of children were recorded from their files.

Results

All children were at home with their families durin

SUBMITTER: Akpinar P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8848495 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature