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Table 7 CHAQ and GMFM mean scores, according to the CP classification

From: Psychometric properties of the Child Health Assessment Questionnaire (CHAQ) applied to children and adolescents with cerebral palsy

CHAQ

Spastic

Extrap

(n = 11)

p value*

 

Quadri

(n = 22)

Dip

(n = 35)

Hemi

(n = 24)

  

Dressing

2.91a

2.43ab

2.33b

2.91ab

0.01

Arising

2.86a

1.49b

0.62c

2.09d

0.00

Eating

2.82a

2.00b

1.83b

2.36ab

0.00

Walking

2.86a

2.26b

0.87c

2.18b

0.00

Hygiene

2.90a

2.21bc

1.79b

2.64ac

0.00

Reach

2.90a

2.00b

1.83b

2.36b

0.00

Grip

2.90a

1.68b

1.50b

2.36a

0.00

Activities

2.90a

2.50ab

2.25b

2.82a

0.01

Disability Index

2.90a

2.03b

1.64c

2.47d

0.00

Evaluation of pain

0.67a

0.30a

0.59a

0.11a

0.09

Evaluation of overall well-being

0.74a

0.43a

0.48a

0.57a

0.59

GMFM

10.59a

63.51b

89.50c

42.45d

0.00

  1. *ANOVA. Mean scores followed by the same letter do not differ from each other by the Bonferroni post hoc test.
  2. Quadri = quadriplegia; Dip = diplegia; Hemi = hemiplegia; Extrap = extrapyramidal