The Health Related Quality of Life of children living with a physical disability attending Physiotherapy at Meerhof School in the North West Province.
2014; Volume: 9; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
1990-9403
AutoresMilagros Azorín Ras, Anri Human, Muziwakhe Daniel Tshabalala,
Tópico(s)Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
ResumoBackground and purpose: Understanding Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) is important to therapists working in special schools in order for them to treat their learners holistically. The main purpose of the study was to describe the HRQoL of learners living with a physical disability attending physiotherapy at Meerhof School in the North West Province.Methods: A quantitative descriptive cross-sectional study design was used by making use of the KINDL® interview questionnaire which consists of a 12-item Likert Scale. The sample in this study comprised of 30 learners presenting with physical disabilities attending physiotherapy at Meerhof School.Results: Participants’ ages ranged between six and 20 years with a mean age of 13. The majority of the participants were male (77%), and most of the children reported to have two siblings (33%). From the six domains of the KINDL® questionnaire, the Family and Friends domains were the highest with mean scores of 91.7% and 89.4% respectively. The mean scores of both Personal and Emotional well-being domains ranked lowest with scores of 78.9% and 78.3%. The total HRQoL scores of the learners were exceptionally high with an average score of 84.2%.Conclusion: Despite their disabilities, learners with physical disabilities at Meerhof School reported a high level of HRQoL.
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