| Children's perceptions of their cerebral palsy and their impact on life satisfaction. | |
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PMID: 22472118 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Purpose: To assess an individual child's cognitive and emotional perceptions of their cerebral palsy (CP) and how these are associated with their reported life satisfaction and their functional walking ability.Method: Convenience sample of 48 children with cerebral palsy, GMFCS (Gross Motor Function Classification System) I-IV, mean age of 12.2 ± 2.5 years was recruited from tertiary level out-patient clinics. All children completed the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire-Cerebral Palsy version (BIPQ-CP), Students' Life Satisfaction Scale (SLSS) and 1- and 6-min walk tests.Results: Children with CP reported levels of global life satisfaction (mean score 31.4/42) equivalent to previous studies of typically developing children. Higher total SLSS scores were associated with lower concern about CP (rho = -0.61, p < 0.001), lower emotional impact (rho = -0.58, p < 0.001), fewer perceived consequences (rho = -0.53, p < 0.001) and perceptions of higher levels of personal control (rho = 0.40, p = 0.01). Multiple regression models using BIPQ-CP constructs found that a combination of lower level of concern and fewer perceived consequences predicted 46% of the variance in SLSS score (p < 0.001). GMFCS levels, walk distance and age were not significant predictors of life satisfaction. Conclusions: Life satisfaction in this group of children was strongly associated with a child's perceptions of their CP but was not associated with functional walking ability. Although the cross-sectional nature of the study precludes assumptions of causality, understanding children's cognitive and emotional beliefs about their cerebral palsy would seem to be an important adjunct to clinical management. [Box: see text]. |
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Jimmy Chong; Anna H Mackey; Elizabeth Broadbent; N Susan Stott |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-4-4 |
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Title: Disability and rehabilitation Volume: - ISSN: 1464-5165 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 Apr |
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Created Date: 2012-4-4 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9207179 Medline TA: Disabil Rehabil Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences, University of Auckland , Auckland , New Zealand. |
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