Exploring social participation in young adults with cerebral palsy

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
Dan N O JacobsonKristina Tedroff

Abstract

To describe social outcomes for young adults with cerebral palsy, and to explore associations of social outcomes with their classification levels within the Gross Motor Function, Manual Ability and Communication Function Classification Systems, and with the presence of intellectual disability. A cross-sectional study with a population-based inclusion approach at a neuropaediatric referral centre in Sweden. Sixty-one young adults with cerebral palsy, age 20-22 years. Physical examination and questionnaires on social outcomes including living arrangements, relationships, occupation, personal finances, extent of family support with personal care, and physical examination. Twenty percent of the young adults with cerebral palsy had moved out of the parental home. Forty-three percent were dependent on family support for basic activities of daily living. Seventy-nine percent of those without intellectual disability were employed or studying. The Communication Function Classification Systems, and presence of intellectual disability, demonstrated associations with most social outcomes, followed in significance by Manual Ability Classification System. In this study young adults with cerebral palsy to a high extent lived in the parental h...Continue Reading

Citations

Nov 30, 2019·Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology·Dan N O JacobsonKristina Tedroff
Mar 13, 2021·Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities : JARID·Veerle Garrels, Hanne Marie Høybråten Sigstad
Nov 19, 2021·Frontiers in Neurology·Nicolas Vidart d'Egurbide BagazgoïtiaCatherine Arnaud

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