DCD are one of the more commonly occurring forms of Developmental disorder managed by therapists and their teams worldwide. The impacts of this disorder are not restricted to limitation in activity of daily living and participation in sports and academic activities with peer groups, but may also result in long term physical co morbidities, psychological, and social consequences. There is currently no gold standard assessment tool in the identification of DCD; however specific patient-reported outcome measures DCDQ remains in practice. This analysis aimed to develop a conceptual framework of life impacts of developmental coordination disorder from the experiences of caregivers and parents who have DCD Children as well as the health professionals who treat them. A qualitative investigation was done using semi-structured interviews with people (n=12) who had handling children with DCD (Caregivers/patients) and Therapists (n=6) who treat children with DCD. Interviews with caregivers were recorder and 1 therapist has been individually allotted for transcribing each phrase and codes them. The recorded and coded phrases were finally grouped in categories. Experience of health professionals ranged from 1 year to 15 years working with people with DCD. Health professionals included a pediatrician (1), physiotherapists (2), psychiatrist (1) and an occupational therapist (1). The conceptual framework derived from interview data included five themes (Physical, Occupational, Psychological, Daily Living, and Social). Therapist responses did not reveal any additional items, but majority of responses focus on physical and occupational therapy scope. The nature of life impact following DCD affects many areas of life. The findings from this research have provided an empirically derived conceptual framework from which a gold standard outcome measure can be designed for a geographic location.
Rehabilitating the children and moving them away from impairment and focusing them towards changing body’s function and structuring the body will change the disablement and enhance the quality of life. Life’s quality is not a single component to attain and aim for, it is a multidimensional measure which aims to capture the subjective perception of well being for the child. The current study examines child and parents perspectives of life quality in children with and without developmental coordination disorder. Data was collected using KIDSCREEN-27. For child with DCD in group A total of 10 children and 10 parents were included and in control group in Group B, a total of 12 children and 10 parents were examined. Life quality dimensions were examined in 5 domains and children with DCD lies in a average range on all life quality domains and dimensions examined. On comparing parents and children with DCD, Children had higher score in physical impairment domain and parents considered that environmental steerers and personal habits negatively impact the child’s life quality. Children with DCD had poor life quality when compared with Peer group children.
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