Quality of Life and Functional Performance in Children With Spastic Cerebral Palsy

Quality of Life and Functional Performance in Children With Spastic Cerebral Palsy in Relation to Care Burden and Fatigue of Their Mothers

Caregiver Burden (CB) is expressed as a multidimensional response related to caregiving, including physical, psychological, emotional, social, and economic problems and has been identified as a public health concern. All these factors negatively affect caregiver health and indirectly affect the care of the disabled child .To provide better support for parents of children with CP, we must understand the difficulties faced those parents and identify the key and common areas where assistance can be rendered.

The symptoms of CP vary from person to person. A person with severe CP might need to use special equipment to be able to walk, or might not be able to walk at all and might need lifelong care. A person with mild CP, on the other hand, might walk a little awkwardly, but might not need any special help. CP does not get worse over time, though the exact symptoms can change over a person's lifetime.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age older then 18 years.
• there BMI will be ranged from 18.5 too 24.9 kg/m2 (Misra et al., 2009) .
• They are the main caregiver for there children.
• They are of low or middle socioeconomic status according too socioeconomic status scale (El-Gilany et al., 2012).
• Having at least 7months of experience in taking care of the child.
• They have no congenital spinal anomalies or lower limb deformities.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Children wif congenital anomalies and chromosomal disease.
• Children wif recent musculoskeletal surgery.
• Any associated problems.