Health-Related Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents with Cerebral Palsy: A Secondary Analysis of the DISABKIDS Questionnaire in the Field-Study Cerebral Palsy Subgroup

摘要

Introduction Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) instruments are increasingly being used to evaluate interventions and therapy outcomes in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy (CP). A variety of psychometrically sound and validated generic and disease-specific instruments are available. A third type of instrument, the chronic-generic instrument, pertains to features of HRQOL that are shared by various chronic conditions.