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. 2025 Dec 12;26:44. doi: 10.1186/s12887-025-06438-2

Table 2.

Comparison of CEBQ sub-domains and MAFPS and sub-domains results between groups

Children with CP and CVI
VFCS Level Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 p η²
N = 30 N = 30 N = 30
Median
(% 25–75 IQR)
Median
(% 25–75 IQR)
Median
(% 25–75 IQR)
CEBQ - - - -
 Food responsiveness 8.5 (6.75-11) 6.5 (5.75–8.25) 5 (5–6) < 0.001 0.29
 Emotional overeating 4 (5–6) 4 (4–5) 4 (4–5) 0.184 0.02
 Enjoyment of food 9 (7.5–12) 8 (5–9) 6 (6-6.25) < 0.001 0.27
 Desire to drink 8 (7–9) 6.5 (5–8) 5 (4–6) < 0.001 0.32
 Satiety responsiveness 9 (7.75-12) 12 (9–13) 13 (12–15) < 0.001 0.26
 Slowness in eating 5 (4–5) 7 (5–8) 8 (7–9) < 0.001 0.25
 Emotional undereating 5.5 (5-7.25) 8 (7–9) 9 (8-11.25) < 0.001 0.28
 Food fussiness 5 (4–6) 6 (5–8) 8 (6.75-9) < 0.001 0.32
MAFPS total score 37 (35-40.25) 46 (43-49.25) 57 (52.75–59.25) < 0.001 0.38
 The negative affect during meal 9 (7–10) 11 (12–15) 13 (12–15) < 0.001 0.28
 Attitudes about insufficient/unbalanced feeding 9.5 (8–12) 12 (10.75-15) 14 (12.75-16) < 0.001 0.32
 Negative feeding strategies 8 (6–9) 9 (8–10) 10.5 (9-12.25) < 0.001 0.23
 Forced feeding 5.5 (5–6) 7 (5.75-8) 9 (6–11) < 0.001 0.27
 Reaction to the viewpoints of others 5.5 (5–6) 7 (5–8) 8.5 (7.75-10) < 0.001 0.26

CVI, Cerebral visual impairment, CP Cerebral palsy, VFCS Visual Function Classification System, CEBQ Children’s Eating Behavior Questionnaire, MAFPS The Mother’s Attitudes Towards the Feeding Process Scale, IQR Interquantile range, n Number of children. Kruskal Wallis Test, η²: Eta Square, p < 0.05