title: Relationship between motor skills, participation in leisure activities and quality of life of children with Developmental Coordination Disorder: temporal aspects.
abstract: The study examined the relationship between motor skills, participation in leisure activities and quality of life (QOL), within a temporal context (school year vs. summer vacation and school days vs. weekends). Parents of 22 children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) and of 55 typically developing children, aged 6-11, filled out two questionnaires relating to their children's participation in leisure activities (vigorous, moderate and sedentary) and QOL. The Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 (MABC-2) was administered to their children. Results showed that among the children with DCD, balance scores positively correlated with participation in sedentary activities, and in both groups both balance and aiming and catching were related to the physical and school aspects of QOL. Furthermore, participation in vigorous activities in the summer was positively correlated with social and school QOL. In contrast, among typically developing children, participation in vigorous activities during the school year was negatively correlated with school QOL. Finally, in both groups, participation in sedentary activities during school days was negatively correlated with school QOL. These results suggest that the parents' perceptions of their children's QOL may be related to the level of activeness of the leisure activities but also to temporal aspects. Therefore, it is important that therapists and educators consider the temporal aspects, when consulting with parents and their children regarding participation in leisure activities.
authors.affiliation: Research and Diagnostic Lab of Writing Functions, School of Occupational Therapy of Hadassah and the Hebrew University Jerusalem, Mt. Scopus, P.O. Box 24026, Jerusalem 9124001, Israel; Alyn Hospital, Pediatric & Adolescent Rehabilitation Center, P.O.B. 9117, Jerusalem 9109002, Israel. Electronic address: shanimi1@gmail.com.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Raz-Silbiger
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health Professions, Ono Academic College, 104 Tsahal St., Kiryat Ono 5545173, Israel. Electronic address: niritlif@gmail.com.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lifshitz
authors.affiliation: Research Institute for Health and Medical Professions, Ono Academic College, 32 HaHaroshet St, Or Yehud 6037598, Israel. Electronic address: noomi.katz@ono.ac.il.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.affiliation: Alyn Hospital, Pediatric & Adolescent Rehabilitation Center, P.O.B. 9117, Jerusalem 9109002, Israel.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Steinhart
authors.affiliation: Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, 1540 Alcazar Street CHP 133, Los Angeles, USA. Electronic address: cermak@usc.edu.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Cermak
authors.affiliation: Research and Diagnostic Lab of Writing Functions, School of Occupational Therapy of Hadassah and the Hebrew University Jerusalem, Mt. Scopus, P.O. Box 24026, Jerusalem 9124001, Israel. Electronic address: naomi.weintraub@mail.huji.ac.il.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Weintraub
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006693:Holidays; D006801:Humans; D007899:Leisure Activities; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills; D019957:Motor Skills Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012574:Schools; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: DCD; Leisure; Motor skills; Quality of life; Temporal context