Clinical characteristics, functional impact and caregivers’ priorities in Malaysian children with dystonic cerebral palsy

Key Points

• The aim is to understand clinical characteristics, comorbidities, functional profiles, and caregivers' priorities in children with dystonic cerebral palsy.
• Assessment of clinical characteristics and comorbidities in children with dystonic cerebral palsy.
• Evaluation of functional impact and caregiver priorities.
• Tailoring interventions based on the findings.
• Identified a range of comorbidities affecting functional outcomes.
• Caregivers prioritize aspects beyond gross motor and mobility concerns.
• Statistical significance was noted with p=0.003 regarding functional impacts.

Abstract