Abstract
Objectives: This study aimed to clarify the relations with the environmental factor and factors that the guardian of the cerebral palsy patients who received an orthopedic surgery judged timing for surgeries.
Methods: 182 questionnaires answered by guardians were selected among 358 patients who had undergone the orthopedic surgery and be able to collect a questionnaire. We clarified appropriate group and inappropriate group, unclear group from the query with timing for surgeries. We carried out one-way analysis of variance and Kruskal Wallis test among three groups and analyzed the reasons of query with timing for surgeries by qualitative analysis.
Results: Compared with the unclear group, the appropriate group showed a significantly greater the current satisfaction for the physical function change. In addition, these categories were selected “uncertain knowledge of orthopedic surgery”, ”difficulty of parents` judgment”, “limitation of environmental factor”, “compatibility between social participation and procedure”, “feeling of isolation”.
Conclusions: The current satisfaction for the physical function change influenced a judgment of timing for surgeries, and it was possibility that a judgment of timing for surgeries and the postoperative satisfaction might improved by environmental setting.
