چکیده:
Objectives: Cerebral palsy is the most common type of permanent movement and posture disorder in children leading to activity limitations. Children's participation is influenced by their functional ability, skills, interests, and environmental factors. The objective of the study was to describe parent perception of environmental barriers to participation of children with cerebral palsy. Method: Secondary data analysis of the study of psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Craig Hospital Inventory of Environmental Factors for use with children with cerebral palsy. The questionnaire was administered to a sample of convenience of 75 parents of children with cerebral palsy aged between 5 and 12 years. Results: Barriers to participation most commonly reported by parents were in the services and assistance subscale and the policies subscale of the measure. Also, parents reported the greatest barriers encountered by their children were availability of transportation and availability of education and training. Discussion: Findings from this study indicate the presence of multiple environmental barriers to participation of children with cerebral palsy. Enhancing participation of children with cerebral palsy by altering barriers and increasing facilitators requires further research concerning these factors. This study suggested that people with lower function in gross motor, manual ability, as well as cognition require further support to participate in social activities
خلاصه ماشینی:
Environmental barriers to social participation of children with cerebral palsy in Tehran Zahra Nobakht, Mehdi Rassafiani* Pediatric Neurorehabilitation Research Center University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran Pouria Rezasoltani University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran Robab Sahaf Iranian Research Center on Aging University of social welfare and rehabilitation sciences, Tehran, Iran Farzaneh Yazdani Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, England Cerebral palsy is the most common type of permanent movement and posture disorder in children leading to activity limitations.
The objective of the study was to describe parent perception of environmental barriers to participation of children with cerebral palsy.
Discussion: Findings from this study indicate the presence of multiple environmental barriers to participation of children with cerebral palsy.
Law et al (12) and Vogtset et al (13), by using the Craig Hospital Inventory of Environmental Factors (CHIEF) (14), found school and work environment, and natural and built environment were the most important source of barriers which a child with disabilities encountered.
33)40 11 8 5 16 34 1 17 23 1 surroundings (72)54 26 10 8 10 21 0 35 19 0 technology (32)24 7 2 8 7 51 0 9 15 0 Frequency Magnitude *some children attended school (n=44) We also examined the association between encountering barriers and the child's age, sex, cognitive levels, manual ability, and gross motor function.
The data indicated that the attitudes and support subscale includes the least encountered barriers which supports the findings of Law. According to the frequency of the problematic items, the most daily reported barriers were availability of transportation and availability of education and training in agreement with Vogts et al.