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- Title
Associations between a functional independence measure (WeeFIM) and the pediatric quality of life inventory (PedsQL4.0) in young children with physical disabilities.
- Authors
Grilli, Lisa; Feldman, Debbie Ehrmann; Majnemer, Annette; Couture, Melanie; Azoulay, Laurent; Swaine, Bonnie
- Abstract
<bold>Objectives: </bold>To determine the association between functional status, measured by the WeeFIM and health-related quality of life (HRQL), measured by the PedsQL4.0 for children with physical disabilities. To explore child, parent and service-related factors associated with each of these measures.<bold>Patients: </bold>Parents of 115 children (2-5 years) with physical disabilities who were referred to occupational (OT) or physical therapy (PT). Mean age of the children was 3 years 7 months (+/-10 months), 79 were boys and 67 were diagnosed with global developmental delay.<bold>Results: </bold>Children had more difficulties with self-care tasks and cognitive abilities, as compared to mobility activities on the WeeFIM. The correlation between total WeeFIM and total PedsQL4.0 was r=0.39. WeeFIM mobility and self-care quotients were each fairly correlated with PedsQL-Physical Health Summary Score (rs=0.29 and rs=0.28 respectively). There was no significant association between WeeFIM cognition quotient and each of PedsQL scores (rs=0.03-0.05). The receipt of PT services was highly associated (p<0.001) with lower scores on the PedsQL-Physical Health Summary score, PedsQL-Total score, and WeeFIM mobility quotient.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>The WeeFIM and the PedsQL4.0 appear to assess related but different constructs, supporting the need to incorporate complementary measures when measuring general health of children with disabilities.
- Subjects
CHILDREN with disabilities; PEOPLE with disabilities; QUALITY of life; THERAPEUTICS; PHYSICAL therapy; PHYSICAL medicine
- Publication
Quality of Life Research, 2006, Vol 15, Issue 6, p1023
- ISSN
0962-9343
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s11136-006-0041-9