title: Relationships between gross motor functions and health-related quality of life of Taiwanese children with cerebral palsy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the relationships between gross motor functions and physical and psychosocial components of the health-related quality of life of children with cerebral palsy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants comprising 90 children (53 boys, 37 girls; mean age +/- SD = 8.2 +/- 2.4 yrs) with cerebral palsy were enrolled by a cross-sectional design. Gross motor function measure was used to quantify their gross motor functions. Their health-related quality of life was determined by the Child Health Questionnaire-Parent Form 50 (traditional Chinese version), completed by their caregivers.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A significant moderate positive correlation (r = 0.73, P < 0.01) existed between the physical summary scores of the Child Health Questionnaire-Parent Form 50 and gross motor function measure, 66 scores in Taiwanese children with cerebral palsy. There was no significant correlation between the psychosocial summary scores of Child Health Questionnaire-Parent Form 50 and gross motor function measure, 66 scores in cerebral palsy (r = -0.13, P = 0.23).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Gross motor functions may be good predictors of the physical component of health-related quality of life, but they are poor predictors of the psychosocial component of health-related quality of life in children with cerebral palsy. In the future, more comprehensive information regarding children's comorbidities may need to be objectively gathered to provide professionals a better understanding of their health-related quality of life.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Institute of Rehabilitation Science, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Wen-Yu
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yu-Jen
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: Alice M K
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Pay-Shin
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Yang-Hua
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Chia-Ling
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Chen