Participation in physical activities for children with cerebral palsy: feasibility and effectiveness of physical activity on prescription

Table 1 Characteristics of the children and their parents

Children with cerebral palsy (N=11)	n	Parents (N=18)	n
Gender		Gender
Female	6	Female	10
Male	5	Male	8
Age (years)		Ethnic origin
7	2	Sweden	9
8	1	Europe, other than Sweden	3
9	1	Outside Europe	6
10	4
11	3	Language interpretation	2
GMFCS-E&R^a level		Marital status
I	3	Married/cohabitant	16
II	2	Single parent	2
III	1
IV	4	Children living in the household
V	1	1	6
		2	8
MACS level^b		3	4
I	4
II	2	Level of education
III	3	Secondary school	7
IV	1	University degree	11
V	1
		Employment status
CFCS level^c		Working full time	12
I	5	Working part time	1
II	1	Studying	3
III	1	Unemployed	2
IV	1
V	3	Working as personal assistant to the child
		Main work	4
Cognitive level^d		Part time	6
No mental retardation	6
Mild mental retardation	1	Range of income before tax (in SEK^e) per month/parent	6 400 – 85 000
Moderate to profound mental retardation	4	Range of income before tax (in SEK^e) per month/parent
Augmentative and alternative communication	4
Language interpretation	1

^aGross Motor Function Classification System Expanded and Revised; ^bManual Ability Classification System; ^cCommunication Function Classification System; ^dWHO’s International Classification of Diseases (ICD): ICD-10 codes for mental retardation; ^eSwedish crowns, 1 USD=8.88 SEK (annual average 2016)

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