title: Parental satisfaction after single-event multilevel surgery in ambulatory children with cerebral palsy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The purpose of this study was to analyze parent satisfaction and factors affecting that satisfaction with single-event multilevel surgery outcomes in ambulatory children with cerebral palsy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two hundred seventy-nine ambulatory patients with cerebral palsy were enrolled in this study. Parental satisfaction after surgery was evaluated using a visual analog scale (0-10), and the explanatory variables were collected by chart review.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall mean (SD) satisfaction after surgery was 7.9 (2.0), with mean follow-up of 6.6 years. The parents of patients classified as Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) level I cerebral palsy were more satisfied than parents of patients classified as GMFCS level II or III cerebral palsy (P = 0.029). Surgical satisfaction was higher for unilaterally involved patients than for bilaterally involved ones (P < 0.001). Multiple regression revealed predictors of satisfaction to be preoperative GMFCS level, diagnosis, age at surgery, and duration of follow-up.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We believe that this data can be used to help predict the level of parental satisfaction when planning single-event multilevel surgery in ambulatory children with cerebral palsy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Level II-Prognostic studies (investigating the effect of patient characteristic on the outcome of disease).
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Sungnam, South Korea.
authors.forename: Sang Hyeong
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Chin Youb
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Moon Seok
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: In Ho
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Tae-Joon
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Won Joon
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: Kyoung Min
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome