Using Rasch and factor analysis to develop a Proxy-Reported health state classification (descriptive) system for Cerebral Palsy.
Mina BahrampourMartin J DownesRoslyn Nancy BoydPaul A ScuffhamJoshua M ByrnesPublished in: Disability and rehabilitation (2020)
The combination of Factor and Rasch analysis along with consultation with patients, clinicians and experts in health-related quality-of-life instrument development, has resulted in a short version of the Cerebral Palsy quality of life instrument.IMPLICATION FOR REHABILITATIONThis study provides the first classification system for children with Cerebral Palsy.The Cerebral Palsy-six dimension (CP-6D) survey, which is a short version of Cerebral Palsy Quality Of Life instrument, can be timesaving when measuring quality of life in children with Cerebral Palsy.The short version (CP-6D) can be used in preference based measurement and generate quality adjusted life years for children with Cerebral Palsy.
Keyphrases
- cerebral palsy
- children with cerebral palsy
- psychometric properties
- patient reported outcomes
- end stage renal disease
- palliative care
- healthcare
- cross sectional
- machine learning
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- mental health
- chronic kidney disease
- public health
- risk assessment
- social media
- quality improvement
- climate change
- health information
- human health