Health-related quality of life in children with developmental coordination disorder: a systematic review

Weber, Meyene Duque; Draghi, Tatiane Targino Gomes; Rohr, Liz Araújo; Cavalcante Neto, Jorge Lopes; Tudella, Eloisa

doi:10.1186/s12955-023-02146-6

Table 2 Summary of results from the studies included

Study	Design	Sample	Characteristics of participants			Age group (Range)	Inclusion criteria for DCD	Motor perfor-mance assess-ment	Quality of life assessment	Results regarding the total score of quality of life	p value	Effect size (Cohen’s d)
Study	Design	Sample	DCD Termi-nology	DCD group (N)	TD group (N)	Age group (Range)	Inclusion criteria for DCD	Motor perfor-mance assess-ment	Quality of life assessment	Results regarding the total score of quality of life	p value	Effect size (Cohen’s d)
Kennedy-Behr et al., 2015 [26]	Cross-sectional	63	pDCD	32 and their parents	31 and their parents	4 – 6 years	ND	ND	KINDL	No significant differences were observed between children with and without DCD	p = 0.08	0.46
Caçola & Killian, 2018 [27]	Cross-sectional	96	DCD	96	Normative sample	6 – 12 years	DCD diagnosis given by a qualified health professio-nal	ND	PedsQL	Children with DCD had significantly lower quality of life than TD children	p < 0.001	2.02
Caçola & Killian, 2018 [27]	Cross-sectional	96	DCD	96	Normative sample	6 – 12 years	DCD diagnosis given by a qualified health professional	ND	KIDSCREEN	Children with DCD had significantly lower quality of life than TD children	p < 0.001	-
Karras et al., 2018 [28]	Cross-sectional	100	DCD	50 children with DCD and their parents (50)	Normative sample	8 – 12 years	DSM-V: (a) MABC-2; (b) DCDQ; (c) e (d) by interview	MABC-2	KIDSCREEN-52	Children with DCD had significantly lower quality of life than TD children	p < 0.005	-
Ganapathy Sankar & Monisha, 2020 [29]	Cross-sectional	42	DCD	10 children with DCD and their parents (10)	12 children with TD and their parents (10)	5 – 10 years	ND	ND	KIDSCREEN-27	Children with DCD had significantly lower quality of life than TD children	p = < 0.001	-
Redondo-Tébar et al., 2021 [30]	Cross-sectional	115	DCD	19	96	4 – 7 years	MABC-2	MABC-2	KINDL	Children with DCD had significantly lower quality of life than TD children	p = 0.02	6.37
Uusitalo et al., 2020 [31]	Cohort	160	DCD	18	142	11	MABC-2 and The Touwen Neurological Examination	MABC-2	17-Dimensional Illustrated Questionnaire (17D)	Children with DCD had significantly lower quality of life than TD children	p = 0.03	-

DCD Developmental Coordination, TD Typical development, ND Not described, pDCD Probable DCD, DSM-V Diagnostic and statistical manual of disorders, Fifht Edition. MABC-2 Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2, DCDQ Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire, KINDL Revised Children Quality of Life Questionnaire. 17D: 17-Dimensional Illustrated Questionnaire

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