%0 Journal Article
%T Addition of an educational programme for primary caregivers to rehabilitation improves self
%A Adriana de Santana Bispo
%A Camila da Silva Barreto
%A C¨¢ssio Magalh£¿es da Silva
%A Katiuce Almeida Gon£¿alves
%A Mansueto Gomes Neto
%A Micheli Bernardone Saquetto
%A Rodrigo Santos Queiroz
%J Clinical Rehabilitation
%@ 1477-0873
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0269215518757051
%X To assess whether the addition of an education programme for primary caregivers to rehabilitation improves daily functioning in children with cerebral palsy. A randomized, single-blind, controlled study. This study was conducted in a rehabilitation centre in Salvador, Brazil. A total of 63 boys and girls with cerebral palsy, at 1¨C12£¿years of age, with Gross Motor Function Classification Systems I¨CV, were randomly assigned to two groups: educational programme for primary caregivers and conventional rehabilitation (n£¿=£¿29) or conventional rehabilitation alone (n£¿=£¿31). Each group received 12 sessions of 30£¿minutes of conventional rehabilitation and 12 sessions of 45£¿minutes to intervention group. Gross Motor Function Classification System, Gross Motor Function Measure and daily functioning with the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory were assessed by a blinded assessor. The clinical outcomes were obtained at the completion of treatment (12£¿weeks). Of the 63 patients included, 60 (mean£¿¡À£¿SD age: 4.6£¿¡À£¿2.74£¿years) completed the protocol. The combined education and rehabilitation, as compared with conventional rehabilitation alone, yielded significantly greater benefit in the self-care domain of the Functional Skills Scale (mean change 1.74 versus 5; P£¿=£¿0.001), self-care (mean change 5.52 versus 13.99; P£¿=£¿0.017) and the mobility domain of the Caregiver Assistance Scale of Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (mean change 0.87 versus 17.88; P£¿=£¿0.002). Self-care and mobility improved in children with cerebral palsy with the addition to conventional rehabilitation of an educational programme for primary caregivers
%K Cerebral palsy
%K caregiver
%K rehabilitation
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0269215518757051