Background and objectives: Spasticity, sometimes called hypertonia, makes movement difficult or even impossible. Spastic children with Cerebral Palsy face many health problems that need significant attention at home. This study aimed to assess caregivers’ knowledge about home care management of spastic CP children in the Rapareen Region. Methods: A quantitative, descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in the Rapareen Region of Sulaimani city. The period started from October 1st, 2020, to October 1st, 2021. Purposive (non-probability) sampling techniques of 115 caregivers, who attend rehabilitation centers in Ranya, Chwarqwrne, and Qaladeze in Rapareen province, were respectively recruited to the study. The investigators prepared a ques-tionnaire format after reviewing related literature. Direct interview (face to face) and a home visit was conducted to collect the data. Descriptive statistics SPSS version 25 was used, and statistics of frequencies, percentages, and inferential statistical analysis of Chi-square test and regression were used. Results: The vast majority (98.3%) of the primary caregivers were mothers of spastic CP children. Almost all (94.8) of the caregivers were married. The majority (88.7%) of caregivers were housewives. Less than half (48.7%) of the sample were between 31 to 40 years. More than three quarter (67%) of the sample were male children and more than half (65.2%) were School-age children with Spastic Cerebral Palsy. There was a statistically highly significant association between formal years of education and residency area of caregiver with the caregiver’s knowledge at a p-value of 0.020 and 0.003 respectively. Factors significantly associated with caregivers’ knowledge of homecare of spastic CP children include the level of education of caregiver, age of caregiver, and height of spastic Cerebral Palsy children. Conclusion: The findings of the present study showed that level of education, age of caregiver, and residency areas are associated with caregiver’s knowledge regarding homecare of spastic Cerebral Palsy children. Mothers are required educational programs to boost knowledge regarding homecare management of spastic CP children.
Objectives: This study aims to assess the quality of life of cerebral palsy children less than 12 years old reported byparents in Erbil city/Iraq.Methodology: A descriptive study was conducted during 2014, to describe the quality of life of cerebral palsychildren. One hundred mothers have cerebral palsy children were participated in this study. The study took place atHelena Center for handicapped children in Erbil City. Questionnaire was used to collect data, which consists of twomain parts. The first part is divided into two sections; section one was described the mothers’ demographiccharacteristics, while the second section was for identifying the demographical characteristics of cerebral palsychildren. The inventory trademark" (PedsQLTM) 3.0 (parents' reports) was used in second part of the questionnaire.Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 18 was used to analyze date. Chi-squared test was applied tofind out the association and significance.Results: Most of the mothers were from low socioeconomic status, living in urban areas and aged between 28-37years old. Majority of cerebral palsy children were male, aged between 2 - 4 and diagnosed with spastic type. Thesignificant associations were found between types of cerebral palsy and daily activities, pain and hurt, speech andcommunication and eating and activities respectively at p-value 0.032, 0.000, 0.011, and 0.014.Recommendations: The study recommended special health educational programs for mothers to improve the qualityof life of their cerebral palsy children
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