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Functional Independence of Taiwanese Children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a group of rare genetic disorders that affect bone formation. Patients with OI present mainly with increased bone fragility and bone deformities. Twenty-seven Taiwanese children between 2 and 21 years of age with OI and their parents were recruited at MacKay Memorial...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9394323/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35893298 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm12081205 |
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author | Syu, Yu-Min Lee, Chung-Lin Chuang, Chih-Kuang Chiu, Huei-Ching Chang, Ya-Hui Lin, Hsiang-Yu Lin, Shuan-Pei |
author_facet | Syu, Yu-Min Lee, Chung-Lin Chuang, Chih-Kuang Chiu, Huei-Ching Chang, Ya-Hui Lin, Hsiang-Yu Lin, Shuan-Pei |
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description | Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a group of rare genetic disorders that affect bone formation. Patients with OI present mainly with increased bone fragility and bone deformities. Twenty-seven Taiwanese children between 2 and 21 years of age with OI and their parents were recruited at MacKay Memorial Hospital from January 2013 to December 2019. We used the Functional Independence Measure for Children (WeeFIM) questionnaire to assess the functional independence of the children and describe any functional limitations or additional burden of daily care. Out of a potential score of 126, the mean total WeeFIM score was 113.7. There was a statistically significant difference between the scores of type I, type III and type IV OI (121.88 [SD 7.01] vs. 80.8 [SD 26.25] vs. 119.17 [SD 10.89]; p < 0.001). There were no statistically significant differences between the scores in different age groups, the male and female participants, and patients with pathogenic variants in COL1A1 and COL1A2. The mean scores for the self-care, mobility, and cognition domains were 48.78 (maximum 56, mean quotient 91.14%), 30.44 (maximum 35, mean quotient 87.12%), and 34.44 (maximum 35, mean quotient 99.05%), respectively. The best performance was in the cognition domain (mean quotient 99.05%), and the worst was in the mobility domain (mean quotient 87.12%). There were no statistically significant correlations between WeeFIM scores and age, or age when symptoms began. The total WeeFIM score and 13 subscores for the self-care and mobility domains were all positively correlated with body height (p < 0.01). The correlation was lowest for bowel and walking/wheelchair tasks, and the highest for bathing and dressing-upper tasks. For tasks in bathing, over 40% of the patients needed help. For tasks in the cognition domain, most patients required no help. For the Taiwanese children with OI, some support and supervision were required for self-care and mobility tasks, and the functional independence in these two domains was correlated with body height and disease types. The WeeFIM questionnaire may be a useful tool to assess the functional strengths and weaknesses of children with OI. |
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spelling | pubmed-93943232022-08-23 Functional Independence of Taiwanese Children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta Syu, Yu-Min Lee, Chung-Lin Chuang, Chih-Kuang Chiu, Huei-Ching Chang, Ya-Hui Lin, Hsiang-Yu Lin, Shuan-Pei J Pers Med Article Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a group of rare genetic disorders that affect bone formation. Patients with OI present mainly with increased bone fragility and bone deformities. Twenty-seven Taiwanese children between 2 and 21 years of age with OI and their parents were recruited at MacKay Memorial Hospital from January 2013 to December 2019. We used the Functional Independence Measure for Children (WeeFIM) questionnaire to assess the functional independence of the children and describe any functional limitations or additional burden of daily care. Out of a potential score of 126, the mean total WeeFIM score was 113.7. There was a statistically significant difference between the scores of type I, type III and type IV OI (121.88 [SD 7.01] vs. 80.8 [SD 26.25] vs. 119.17 [SD 10.89]; p < 0.001). There were no statistically significant differences between the scores in different age groups, the male and female participants, and patients with pathogenic variants in COL1A1 and COL1A2. The mean scores for the self-care, mobility, and cognition domains were 48.78 (maximum 56, mean quotient 91.14%), 30.44 (maximum 35, mean quotient 87.12%), and 34.44 (maximum 35, mean quotient 99.05%), respectively. The best performance was in the cognition domain (mean quotient 99.05%), and the worst was in the mobility domain (mean quotient 87.12%). There were no statistically significant correlations between WeeFIM scores and age, or age when symptoms began. The total WeeFIM score and 13 subscores for the self-care and mobility domains were all positively correlated with body height (p < 0.01). The correlation was lowest for bowel and walking/wheelchair tasks, and the highest for bathing and dressing-upper tasks. For tasks in bathing, over 40% of the patients needed help. For tasks in the cognition domain, most patients required no help. For the Taiwanese children with OI, some support and supervision were required for self-care and mobility tasks, and the functional independence in these two domains was correlated with body height and disease types. The WeeFIM questionnaire may be a useful tool to assess the functional strengths and weaknesses of children with OI. MDPI 2022-07-24 /pmc/articles/PMC9394323/ /pubmed/35893298 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm12081205 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Syu, Yu-Min Lee, Chung-Lin Chuang, Chih-Kuang Chiu, Huei-Ching Chang, Ya-Hui Lin, Hsiang-Yu Lin, Shuan-Pei Functional Independence of Taiwanese Children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta |
title | Functional Independence of Taiwanese Children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta |
title_full | Functional Independence of Taiwanese Children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta |
title_fullStr | Functional Independence of Taiwanese Children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta |
title_full_unstemmed | Functional Independence of Taiwanese Children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta |
title_short | Functional Independence of Taiwanese Children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta |
title_sort | functional independence of taiwanese children with osteogenesis imperfecta |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9394323/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35893298 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm12081205 |
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