A comparison of the function, activity and participation and quality of life between down syndrome children and typically developing children.
Hee-Kyoung Jung, EunJung Chung, Byoung-Hee Lee
PMID 28878466WHAT IT FOUND
Down syndrome children had more difficulty in body function, activity and participation, and lower parent-reported quality of life than typically developing children.
In the Down syndrome group, function, activity and participation, and quality of life scores were related.
Key findings
01Function, activity and participation, and quality of life differed significantly between the two groups.
02The Down syndrome group had higher difficulty scores and lower quality-of-life scores than the typically developing group.
03In the Down syndrome group, function scores were closely related to activity and participation scores, and both were related to quality-of-life scores.
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What it does not show
Only 36 children were studied, including 16 children with Down syndrome, so the findings may not apply to all children with Down syndrome. The children with Down syndrome had to be able to walk 20 meters without assistance and had no major disease or surgery, so the study says little about children with more severe health or mobility problems. The study did not measure IQ, basic motor skills, or daily living abilities, which could help explain the differences in function, activity, participation, and quality of life. Quality of life was reported by parents, not the children, and school and money items were removed from the questionnaire because some children were preschoolers. The study measured children at one time and did not test treatment, so it cannot show that improving function will improve activity, participation, or quality of life.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that improving physical function will improve quality of life. The study compared children at one time and did not test any treatment.