Table 1.
Age Range | 2–20 years |
Age (mean) (SD) | 10.8 (4.0) |
Age Groups N (%) | |
< 5 yrs | 17 (5.6) |
5–9 | 112 (36.6) |
10–14 | 123 (40.2) |
15–19 | 50 (16.3) |
≥20 | 4 (1.3) |
Female N (% ) | 138 (45.1) |
Ethnicity N (%) Hispanic or Latino |
25 (8.2) |
Race N (%) Asian |
9 (3.0) |
Other | 12 (3.9) |
African American | 27 (8.8) |
White | 258 (84.3) |
Gross Motor Functional Classification System (GMFCS) N (%) | |
I | 75 (24.5) |
II | 91 (29.7) |
III | 78 (24.5) |
IV | 36 (11.8) |
V | 26 (8.5) |
Type of CP N (%) (N=305) | |
Diplegia | 144 (47.2) |
Hemiplegia | 73 (23.9) |
Quadriplegia | 88 (28.9) |
Environment/School count N (%) (N=305) | |
No school | 13 (4.3) |
Pre-school | 11 (3.6) |
Day school | 217 (71.1) |
Residential school | 45 (14.8) |
Home school | 13 (4.3) |
College/university, lives at home | 4 (1.3) |
College/university, lives on campus | 2(0.7) |
Mode of administration N (%) | |
Internet | 11(3.6) |
In clinic | 295 (96.4) |
Respondents education level N (%) (N=246) | |
Less than 9th grade | 2(0.8) |
Some high school | 11(4.5) |
High school graduate | 58(23.6) |
Some college | 60(24.4) |
College graduate | 79(32.1) |
Graduate school | 36(14.6) |
Values are based on N=306 unless otherwise specified.