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. 2013 Jan 10;6(1):1.
doi: 10.1186/1755-7682-6-1.

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

Silvia Rp Malheiros  1 , Carlos B de Mello Monteiro, Talita Dias da Silva, Camila Torriani-Pasin, Michele de Andrade Sr, Vitor E Valenti, Rodrigo Daminello Raimundo, Anelise Roosch, Luciano Rodrigues, Katia Valeria Manhabusque, Regina Céliac Trindade Camargo, Jefferson Drezzet, Virginia Helena Quadrado, Luiz Carlos de Abreu
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Functional capacity and assistance from the caregiver during daily activities in Brazilian children with cerebral palsy

Silvia Rp Malheiros et al. Int Arch Med. .

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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Presentation of functional ability variations.
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Presentation of caregiver assistance variations.
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