Table 2. Response rate, degree of gross motor capacity, medical care use, and PEM-CY results for each region and facility.
| Area | Institution | ||||||||||
| ALL | Tokyo | Hiroshima | Gunma | Hospital | Home-visit nursing stations | Special support schools | After-school daycare services | ||||
| Response rate (Number of responses/distributed) | 42.5% (100/235) | 40% (44/110) | 47.1% (49/104) | 43.7% (7/16) | 80% (12/15) | 47.1% (49/104) | 30.9% (26/84) | 48.1% (13/27) | |||
| GMFCS rate | |||||||||||
| high | 21% | 10% | 0% | ** | 7% | 10% | 13% | 1% | ** | ||
| low | 23% | 39% | 7% | 5% | 39% | 13% | 12% | ||||
| Medical care rate | |||||||||||
| No | 33% | 28% | 0% | ** | 11% | 28% | 21% | 1% | ** | ||
| Yes | 11% | 21% | 7% | 1% | 21% | 5% | 12% | ||||
| PEM-CY | |||||||||||
| Number of items | 4.0 ± 2.1 | 4.7 ± 2.2 | 3.6 ± 1.9 | 2.6 ± 1.3 | * | 4.5 ± 2.4 | 3.6 ± 1.9 | 5.1 ± 2.1 | 2.8 ± 1.8 | ** | |
| Frequency | 2.8 ± 1.1 | 2.8 ± 0.8 | 2.8 ± 1.1 | 2.2 ± 1.1 | 2.9 ± 0.7 | 2.8 ± 1.1 | 2.9 ± 0.7 | 2.3 ± 1.2 | |||
| Involvement | 3.6 ± 1.2 | 4.1 ± 0.8 | 3.4 ± 1.3 | 3.0 ± 1.7 | ** | 4.3 ± 1.0 | 3.4 ± 1.3 | 3.9 ± 0.7 | 3.6 ± 1.5 | * | |
No valid responses were obtained from Saga prefectures, to which five questionnaires were sent.
The χ2 test was used to examine differences in the degree of gross motor capacity and proportion of medical care use.
The Kruskal-Wallis test was used to examine differences in PEM-CY scores.
*p<0.05, **p<0.01.
GMFCS: Gross Motor Function Classification System; PEM-CY: Participation and Environment Measure for Children and Youth.