The assessment of functional status in Turkish children with cerebral palsy (a preliminary study)

Erkin G., Aybay C., Kurt M., Keles I., Cakci A., Ozel S.

CHILD CARE HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT, vol.31, no.6, pp.719-725, 2005 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 31 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2005
  • Doi Number: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2005.00565.x
  • Journal Name: CHILD CARE HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.719-725
  • Keywords: activities of daily living, cerebral palsy, disability, paediatric measurement, rehabilitation, WeeFIM, INDEPENDENCE MEASURE, WEEFIM(R)
  • Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Introduction: Cerebral palsy (CP) is one of the most common causes of disability in childhood leading to functional limitations. Assessment of the functional limitations is important to determine the severity of the disability in CP and to evaluate the benefit of the rehabilitation programme. However, the results of the measurements show variations according to different sociocultural characteristics. The Functional Independence Measure of Children (WeeFIM) had not been studied in Turkish children previously. The aims of this study were to evaluate the functional disability of Turkish children with CP by using WeeFIM and to compare the results with those of healthy counterparts.