What predicts the proxy-reported health-related quality of life of adolescents with cerebral palsy in Bangladesh?

Power, Rosalie; Galea, Claire; Muhit, Mohammad; Heanoy, Eamin; Karim, Tasneem; Badawi, Nadia; Khandaker, Gulam

doi:10.1186/s12889-019-8130-1

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Spearman’s rho correlation matrix of HRQoL to characteristics of adolescents with CP

From: What predicts the proxy-reported health-related quality of life of adolescents with cerebral palsy in Bangladesh?

	General wellbeing and participation	Communication and physical health	School wellbeing	Social wellbeing	Feelings about functioning	Access to services	Family health
Adolescent characteristics
Age	−0.044	−0.016	− 0.244	− 0.115	0.012	0.123	− 0.027
Sex	0.138	0.152	0.081	0.005	0.055	.227**	0.050
BMI	−0.071	− 0.020	− 0.061	− 0.071	0.071	0.047	− 0.053
Motor impairment (GMFCS)	−.274**	−.199*	− 0.148	− 0.111	−.545**	− 0.046	− 0.132
Epilepsy	0.122	0.151	0.297	0.118	0.154	0.151	0.090
Cognitive impairment	.251**	.244**	0.232	.221**	.180*	0.084	.189*
Visual impairment	−0.012	−0.003	− 0.295	0.018	− 0.012	− 0.015	0.105
Hearing impairment	−0.028	0.002	0.195	0.054	−0.001	−0.020	.232**
Speech impairment	.280**	.302**	0.170	.211**	.330**	−0.030	0.151
Education	.379**	.328**	−0.028	.274**	.330**	−0.094	.245**
Service Access	0.044	0.015	−0.243	−0.011	0.102	−0.021	− 0.041
Mental health (SDQ)	−0.120	− 0.124	0.092	− 0.124	0.016	0.121	−.196*
Caregiver characteristics
Mother age	−0.14	−0.089	0.162	−.168*	−0.035	0.038	−.172*
Father age	−0.152	−0.09	0.228	−0.082	− 0.072	−0.019	− 0.091
Mother education	.209**	0.158	0.093	.223**	0.076	0.063	.168*
Father education	0.113	0.052	0.04	0.144	−0.016	0.056	0.05
Depression	0.143	.168*	0.273	−0.045	0.148	.349**	−.218**
Anxiety	0.124	0.107	0.148	−0.049	0.087	.252**	−.272**
Stress	0.008	0.014	0.099	−0.108	0.008	.234**	−.356**
Proxies of SES
Family income (monthly)	.165*	0.093	−0.096	0.123	0.032	0.062	.197*
Housing permanence	.173*	0.115	0.115	.185*	0.074	0.029	0.128
Household crowding	0.005	−0.019	0.006	0.013	−0.113	0.023	−0.021
Source of drinking water	0.038	0.068	0.181	0.144	−0.019	−0.058	0.026
Sanitation	.164*	0.069	−0.183	0.144	.207**	0.081	0.042

Variables: Sex: 0 = Female, 1 = Male; GMFCS: 1 = Level I, 2 = Level II, 3 = Level III, 4 = Level IV, 5 = Level V; Epilepsy, Intellectual disability, Hearing, Speech, Visual impairment: 0 = Yes, 1 = No; Education: 0 = None, 1 = Primary or above; Service access: 0 = Yes, 1 = None; Housing permanence 1 = Kutcha, 2 = Semi-pucca, 3 = Pucca; Source of drinking water 0 = Tube well, 1 = Tap water; Sanitation 1 = No toilet, 2 = Non-sanitary latrine, 3 = Sanitary latrine
* p < 0.050; ** p < 0.010

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