Table 1.

Indirect effects from sensory function, spasticity, age, and intelligence to independence in self‐care (ISC) for 108 children with unilateral cerebral palsy recruited from a population register followed by results of sensitivity analysis excluding 3‐year‐olds

	n=108 children				n=98 children (excluding 3‐y‐olds)
	Standardized estimate	Standard error	Two‐tailed p	Bootstrapped 95% CI	Standardized estimate	Standard error	Two‐tailed p	Bootstrapped 95% CI
Sensory function → process skills: ADLp → ISC	0.21	0.12	0.085	(−0.05 to 0.55)	0.28	0.18	0.122	(−0.05 to 0.66)
Sensory function → manual ability → ISC	0.24	0.09	0.007	(0.02–0.51)	0.34	0.14	0.016	(0.07–0.61)
Sum of above indirect effects of sensory function	0.46	0.16	0.003	(0.03–0.85)	0.62	0.25	0.013	(0.18–1.09)
Spasticity → process skills: ADLp → ISC	−0.08	0.11	0.446	(−0.34 to 0.1)	−0.07	0.14	0.595	(−0.47 to 0.22)
Spasticity → manual ability → ISC	−0.21	0.08	0.009	(−0.39 to −0.02)	−0.24	0.11	0.033	(−0.47 to −0.07)
Sum of above indirect effects of spasticity	−0.29	0.15	0.051	(−0.69 to −0.09)	−0.31	0.21	0.13	(−0.81 to 0.01)
Age → process skills: ADLp → ISC	0.34	0.08	<0.001	(0.16–0.47)	0.29	0.09	0.001	(0.12–0.44)
Age → manual ability → ISC	−0.09	0.05	0.057	(−0.21 to 0)	−0.13	0.06	0.033	(−0.31 to −0.02)
Sum of above indirect effects of age	0.24	0.09	0.007	(−0.01 to 0.47)	0.17	0.10	0.087	(−0.02–0.34)
Intelligence → process skills: ADLp → ISC	0.21	0.09	0.026	(0.06–0.4)	0.19	0.10	0.049	(0–0.5)
Intelligence → manual ability → ISC	0.07	0.06	0.195	(−0.02 to 0.28)	0.08	0.07	0.252	(0–0.3)
Sum of above indirect effects of intelligence	0.28	0.12	0.025	(0.12–0.63)	0.27	0.14	0.055	(0.11–0.69)

ADLp, process skills component of the Assessment of Motor and Process Skills measure.