Parent-report health-related quality of life in school-aged children with cerebral palsy: A cross-sectional study.

The study used a small convenience sample of 68 analysed proxy reports, so it may not represent all children with cerebral palsy. Children with severe intellectual disability, recent botulinum toxin injection, or recent orthopedic surgery were excluded, so the findings may not apply to those groups. Quality of life was measured only by parent proxy, and 95% of respondents were mothers, so the child's own report and other informants were not included. The design was cross-sectional, so the correlations and regression models show associations, not causes or treatment effects. Family income, parents' work and childcare routines, and psychological variables were not collected. The Social support and peers domain was statistically lower than the norm but did not meet the authors' clinical threshold. Bullying reports were not checked with the child, school staff, or other informants.

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Do not read the lower parent-reported quality-of-life scores as proof that a rehabilitation programme will improve these domains. The study is cross-sectional, used mostly mothers' proxy reports, excluded children with severe intellectual disability and recent surgery or botulinum toxin injection, and reports associations rather than treatment effects.