title: Time use patterns in ambulatory adolescents with cerebral palsy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  No studies to date have examined the daily time spent across a variety of activity types (sleep, screen time, physical activity, domestic and school-related) in children with cerebral palsy (CP).
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the activity patterns of adolescents with CP and contrast them with those of typically developing (TD) adolescents, using a use-of-time approach.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-one Australian adolescents with CP and 82 TD adolescents matched for age, sex, weight status and socio-economic status undertook structured interviews using a validated computerized use of time recall administered over 4 days. Time devoted to sleep, screen time, physical activity, domestic and school-related activity were compared using anova and Mann-Whitney tests.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Adolescents with CP spent less time in physical activity (91 vs. 147 min/day, P= 0.0003), and in particular, its sub-components of active transport (28 vs. 52 min/day, P= 0.0013) and team sports (25 vs. 39 min/day, P= 0.04). They experienced significantly more quiet time (116 vs. 80 min/day, P= 0.0025) but spent less time in social interaction (6 vs. 22 min/day, P= 0.0016). There were no significant differences in sleep, screen time, domestic activities or school-related time.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  By and large, the activity patterns of ambulatory adolescents with CP were similar to their TD peers. Results highlight physical activity in younger adolescents (11-13 years) as an area for targeted interventions.
authors: Health and Use of Time (HUT) Group, Sansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia. carol.maher@unisa.edu.au
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Maher
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Kernot
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Olds
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D000367:Age Factors; D001835:Body Weight / Q000502:physiology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology; D012923:Social Class; D013021:South Australia