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Functional capacity and assistance from the caregiver during daily activities in Brazilian children with cerebral palsy

Overview of attention for article published in International Archives of Medicine, January 2013
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Title
Functional capacity and assistance from the caregiver during daily activities in Brazilian children with cerebral palsy
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International Archives of Medicine, January 2013
DOI 10.1186/1755-7682-6-1
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Silvia RP Malheiros, Carlos B de Mello Monteiro, Talita Dias da Silva, Camila Torriani-Pasin, Michele SR de Andrade, Vitor E Valenti, Rodrigo Daminello Raimundo, Anelise Roosch, Luciano MR Rodrigues, Katia Valeria Manhabusque, Regina Céliac Trindade Camargo, Jefferson Drezzet, Virginia Helena Quadrado, Luiz Carlos de Abreu

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Cerebral Palsy (CP) presents changes in posture and movement as a core characteristic, which requires multiprofessional clinical treatments during children's habilitation or rehabilitation. Besides clinical treatment, it is fundamental that professionals use evaluation systems to quantify the difficulties presented to the individual and their families in their daily lives. We aimed to investigate the functional capacity of individuals with CP and the amount of assistance required by the caregiver in day-to-day activities. METHODS: Twenty patients with CP, six-year-old on average, were evaluated. The Pediatric Evaluation Inventory of Incapacities was used (PEDI - Pediatric Evaluation Disability Inventory), a system adapted for Brazil that evaluates child's dysfunction in three 3 dimensions: self-care, mobility and social function. To compare the three areas, repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used. RESULTS: We found the following results regarding the functional capacity of children: self-care, 27.4%, ±17.5; mobility, 25.8%, ±33.3 and social function, 36.3%, ±27.7. The results of the demand of aid from the caregiver according to each dimension were: self-care, 9.7%, ±19.9; mobility, 14.1%, ± 20.9 and social function, 19.8%, ±26.1. CONCLUSION: We indicated that there was no difference between the performance of the subjects in areas of self-care, mobility and social function considering the functional skills and assistance required by the caregiver.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Zambia 1 3%
Brazil 1 3%
Unknown 38 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Other 5 13%
Researcher 5 13%
Professor 5 13%
Student > Bachelor 4 10%
Student > Master 4 10%
Other 10 25%
Unknown 7 18%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 12 30%
Nursing and Health Professions 5 13%
Arts and Humanities 2 5%
Computer Science 2 5%
Business, Management and Accounting 2 5%
Other 7 18%
Unknown 10 25%
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#16,720,137
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