Table 2 Health-related quality of life as assessed by caregivers (n = 16) and self-reported by the participants (n = 12), according to the Cerebral Palsy Quality of Life questionnaire (CP QOL).

From: Effects of whole-body vibration training on physical function, bone and muscle mass in adolescents and young adults with cerebral palsy

 

Domain

Baseline

Post-training

P-value

Caregivers

Access to services

63 ± 5

67 ± 5

0.14

Communication & physical health

69 ± 2

68 ± 2

0.40

Family health

59 ± 2

60 ± 2

0.67

Feelings about functioning

60 ± 4

60 ± 4

0.99

General well-being and participation

66 ± 2

71 ± 2

0.002

Pain and impact of disability

60 ± 6

76 ± 6

<0.0001

School well-being

65 ± 3

70 ± 3

0.014

Social well-being

83 ± 3

84 ± 3

0.58

Global quality of life

66 ± 2

70 ± 2

0.037

Participant

Communication & physical health

78 ± 7

78 ± 7

0.87

Feelings about functioning

55 ± 5

63 ± 5

0.06

General well-being and participation

76 ± 8

77 ± 8

0.67

Pain and impact of disability

94 ± 14

87 ± 14

0.10

School well-being

77 ± 9

78 ± 9

0.65

Social well-being

90 ± 4

85 ± 4

0.16

Global quality of life

78 ± 7

78 ± 7

0.88

  1. Data are transformed scores (range 0–100) and are expressed as means ± standard errors of the mean. For all domains higher values mean better outcomes. P-values refer to the changes from baseline, and statistically significant results at p < 0.05 are shown in bold.
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