Determinants of quality of life in children with cerebral palsy: A comprehensive biopsychosocial approach

Kuan Lin Chen, Mei Hui Tseng, Jeng Yi Shieh, Lu Lu, Chien Yu Huang

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This study investigated the determinants of quality of life (QOL) of children with cerebral palsy (CP) considering possible variables comprehensively from a biopsychosocial perspective by adopting the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) and using a CP-specific QOL questionnaire. A total of 167 children with CP (mean age 9.06 years, SD 2.61 years) and their caregivers participated in this study. Children's QOL was measured by the Cerebral Palsy Quality of Life for Children (CP QOL-Child) - primary caregiver proxy-report form. The potential determinants of QOL were collected based on all ICF dimensions. Results of seven multiple regression models showed that the determinants of QOL in children with CP were multidimensional and biopsychosocial in nature, i.e., encompassing the domains of health condition, body functions and structures, and contextual factors of the ICF. Children's behavioral and emotional problems as well as caregiver's psychological and family-related factors were important determinants of QOL in children with CP. Knowledge of the determinants of QOL could serve as a guide in a holistic approach to evaluation and intervention targeted at these determinants to improve the QOL of children with CP.

原文English
頁(從 - 到)520-528
頁數9
期刊Research in Developmental Disabilities
35
發行號2
DOIs
出版狀態Published - 2014 2月

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • 發展與教育心理學
  • 臨床心理學

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