Journal article
Activities and participation of children with cerebral palsy: Parent perspectives
C Mei, S Reilly, D Reddihough, F Mensah, J Green, L Pennington, AT Morgan
Disability and Rehabilitation | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD | Published : 2015
Abstract
Purpose: To explore parents views of the activities and participation of children with cerebral palsy (CP) with a range of communicative abilities and the factors (personal and environmental) that influenced these. Methods: Thirteen parents of children with CP aged 4-9 years participated in semi-structured individual interviews. Interviews were recorded, transcribed and analysed thematically. Identified codes and themes were mapped to the domains of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health-Children and Youth Version (ICF-CY). Results: Parents responses reflected all ICF-CY domains comprising activity, participation and environmental factors. Codes were primarily..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
The authors report no conflicts of interest. This study was funded by a National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC) postgraduate scholarship (#607448) and was supported by the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program. The following authors were supported by NHMRC: A.M. (Career Development Award #607315); S.R. (Practitioner Fellowship #1041892); F.M. (Population Health Capacity Building Grant #436914 and Early Career Fellowship #1037449); A.M., S.R., F.M. (Centre of Research Excellence Grant #1023493).