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Participation in Everyday Activities of Children with and without Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Cross-Sectional

Nerea Blanco-Martínez1,2, Laura Delgado-Lobete1, Rebeca Montes-Montes3

  • 1Faculty of Health Sciences, Health Integration and Promotion Research Unit (INTEGRA SAÚDE), University of A Coruña, 15011 A Coruña, Spain.

Children (Basel, Switzerland)
|October 6, 2020
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Children with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) experience significantly restricted participation in daily activities compared to typically developing peers. Interventions should focus on enhancing participation for these children.

Area of Science:

  • Pediatrics
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Rehabilitation Science

Background:

  • Children with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) often face challenges in daily activities, limiting their participation.
  • Understanding these participation barriers is crucial for effective support.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare daily activities participation between children with NDDs and typically developing (TD) children.
  • To examine the relationships between participation in various daily contexts.

Main Methods:

  • A cross-sectional study involving 20 children with NDDs and 26 TD controls.
  • The Child and Adolescent Scale of Participation (CASP) assessed participation in home, community, school, and instrumental activities.

Main Results:

  • Children with NDDs showed significantly lower participation across all measured contexts (p < 0.001).
  • They had a substantially higher prevalence of moderate to severe participation restrictions (OR = 23.4, p < 0.001).
  • Strong associations were observed between participation in different contexts (r = 0.642-0.856).

Conclusions:

  • Children with NDDs experience significant restrictions in their daily life participation.
  • Intervention strategies must adopt a participation-focused approach for this population.

Keywords:
activities of daily livingattention deficit and hyperactivity disorderautism spectrum disordersmotor coordination disorderneurodevelopmental disordersoccupational therapyparticipation

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