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Use of outcome measures in children with severe cerebral palsy: a survey of UK physiotherapists
- Source :
- Physiotherapy Research International.
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Objectives To investigate the use of outcome measures for children with cerebral palsy (CP) by paediatric physiotherapists (PTs) who are based in the United Kingdom, as limited research exists regarding their use in this population, and to explore therapists' use of measures within different Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) levels and for different types of CP. Methods A six-item online survey was advertised through two paediatric therapy special interest groups inviting physiotherapists to participate. Descriptive statistics (range, frequencies, and percentages) were used to analyse survey data. Results Two hundred and seven physiotherapists returned completed survey questionnaires. One hundred and seventy-six (85%) therapists reported using a wide variety of outcome measures (57). Eighty-one per cent of therapists' responses for having "most difficulty" in identifying responsive outcome measures were for children with impaired mobility at GMFCS Levels IV-V and children with more significant body involvement (76%), for example, spastic quadriplegia or dyskinesia. Eighty-six per cent of therapists' responses for having "greatest ease" of identifying responsive outcome measures were for children within GMFCS Levels I-III and for children with less significant body involvement (72%), for example, hemiplegia. The variety of outcome measures used by therapists with children within GMFCS IV-V was less (16). Conclusions The majority (85%) of the PTs surveyed used outcome measures with children with CP, but 81% perceived a difficulty in identifying responsive measures for children with more severe impairments who are classified as GMFCS IV-V. The reasons for this perceived difficulty warrant investigation and may suggest a need for training regarding relevant measures and/or a need to develop new measures for this group of children.
- Subjects :
- Male
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medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
children (age groups)
Population
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Severity of Illness Index
Outcome measures
Cerebral palsy
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0302 clinical medicine
Surveys and Questionnaires
Health care
Severity of illness
Outcome Assessment, Health Care
medicine
Humans
education
Child
Motor skill
education.field_of_study
cerebral palsy
Descriptive statistics
business.industry
Gross Motor Function Classification System
ta3141
medicine.disease
United Kingdom
Motor Skills Disorders
Motor Skills
Child, Preschool
Physical therapy
Female
physical therapists
0305 other medical science
Spastic quadriplegia
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
survey-tutkimus
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14712865
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Physiotherapy Research International
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....610430e7967706777c8dbce10181fb41