title: Correlations between gross motor functions and health-related quality of life in Thai children with spastic diplegia.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The motor disorders of cerebral palsy (CP) may not only affect children sfunctional capacities, but also their health-related quality of life (HR QOL).
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The purpose ofthis study is to examine the correlation between gross motor functions andHRQOL of Thai children with spastic diplegia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty children with spastic diplegia were recruited from an outpatient department of Thammasat University Hospital and Rajanukul Hospital. All participants were measured for gross motor functions by the gross motor function measure (GMFM-66) and their HRQOL by reports of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.0 (PedsQL). Spearman's rank correlation coefficients were used to determine the correlations between dimensional scores of GMFM-66 and PedsQL.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Forty-five of 50 children with spastic diplegia were completely undertaken for both GMFM-66 and PedsQL mea- sures. The total HRQOL scale score had a fairly significant degree of relationship with the total GMFMscore (r = 0.48, p<0.001). The physical health summary score had a notably moderate to good degree of relationship with the total GMFM score (r = 0. 52, p<0.001). The psychosocial health summary score had afair degree relationship with the total GMFMscore (r = 0.27,p = 0.076).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The gross motor function tended to correlate with HRQOL in children with spastic diplegia, especially with regard to the physical aspects of the HRQOL.
authors.forename: Paskorn
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sritipsukho
authors.forename: Namfon
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mahasup
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills; D011788:Quality of Life; D013785:Thailand