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Neurological Sciences

, Volume 40, Issue 12, pp 2493–2500 | Cite as

Examining mobility, independence, motor function, participation, and parental stress in a school-aged Turkish cerebral palsy population: a cross-sectional study

  • İpek Alemdaroğlu-GürbüzEmail author
  • Arzu Burcu Karakuş
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Abstract

Aims

This study aimed to describe a school-aged Turkish cerebral palsy (CP) population in terms of gross motor function, mobility, independence, and participation, and to investigate parental stress.

Methods

Mobility (Functional Mobility Scale (FMS)), independence (Barthel Index (BI)), motor function (Gross Motor Function Measurement (GMFM)), functional classification (Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS)), participation (Pediatric Outcome Data Collection Instrument (PODCI)), and parents’ stress (Parental Stress Scale (PSS)) of 100 school-aged children with CP aged 5–15 years old were evaluated. School-related difficulties and restrictions were also questioned.

Results

Of the 100 children with GMFCS levels I–V, almost half had independent mobility on level or all surfaces according to the FMS, with a relatively high GMFM score (72.8%), and above average BI (12 from 20), and PODCI Global Functioning (62.8%) scores. Strong-to-very strong correlations were determined between all test batteries. A mean score of 42.3 ± 9.92 out of 90 was obtained for parental stress with a weak correlation to the GMFCS and the child’s mobility distance according to family (p < 0.05).

Conclusions

Turkish school-aged children with CP displayed functional abilities that are above average besides experiencing restrictions in the school environment. Parents’ view on the physical condition of the school varied depending on functional and mobility levels of their children.

Keywords

Cerebral palsy Mobility Participation School Motor function 
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Notes

Compliance with ethical standards

Conflict of interest

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Ethical approval

All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee (Bezmialem Vakıf University, Clinical Researches Ethical Committee, protocol number 10788) and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Faculty of Physical Therapy and RehabilitationHacettepe UniversityAltındağTurkey
  2. 2.Şefkatevi Private Education and Rehabilitation CenterİstanbulTurkey

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