Adults with cerebral palsy rank factors associated with quality of life and perceived impact of childhood surgery on adult outcomes.

Conclusion: Ongoing conversations about how improvements from orthopedic surgery in childhood may not last through adolescence or adulthood are needed. The importance of impairment-based interventions should be contextualized within needs for health promotion and social engagement long-term. More research is needed on cost-benefit of childhood orthopedic surgery.Implications for RehabilitationPerceptions of being included in decisions about surgery as a child was associated with long term satisfaction.Consumer education is needed about how improvements gained in childhood may not persist through adolescence or into adulthood.Individual priorities for quality of life vary; and these priorities should be considered when weighing the cost benefit ratio of interventions.Clinicians should broaden the conversation to include how orthopedic surgery and rehabilitation afterwards could potentially impact health and well being in the future. PMID: 31881158 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research