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A pilot study on the impact of occupational therapy home programming for young children with Cerebral Palsy

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posted on 2024-11-14, 21:38 authored by Iona Novak, Anne Cusick, Kevin Lowe
Occupational therapy home programs are a common approach used to provide interventions for children with cerebral palsy, but there is little evidence to demonstrate the effectiveness of such programs. This singlegroup pretest–posttest design pilot study evaluated the impact of an occupational therapy home program implemented with 20 children who had spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy (ages 2–7 years, mean 3.8). We measured impact using Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS), the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI), and the Quality of Upper Extremity Skills Test (QUEST). We measured participation amount through a parent self-report log. Significant changes following intervention occured in scores on the GAS, the PEDI Functional Skills and Caregiver Assistance Scales, and the QUEST, but has found no relationship between participation amount and outcome using the same measures. These promising results suggest that further investigation of the impact of occupational therapy home programs is warranted.

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Novak, I., Cusick, A. & Lowe, K. 2007, 'A pilot study on the impact of occupational therapy home programming for young children with Cerebral Palsy', American Journal of Occupational Therapy, vol. 61, no. 4, pp. 463-468.

Journal title

The American journal of occupational therapy : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association

Volume

61

Issue

4

Pagination

463-468

Language

English

RIS ID

38850

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