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Lifestyle Assessment Questionnaire for CP (LAQ-CP of LAQ-G)
Lifestyle Assessment Questionnaire for CP (LAQ-CP of LAQ-G)
| Availability |
Please visit this website for more information about this instrument: Lifestyle Assessment Questionnaire for CP. |
| Classification |
Exploratory: Cerebral Palsy (CP)
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| Short Description of Instrument |
The Lifestyle Assessment Questionnaire for CP (LAQ-CP) is a condition-specific tool used in children ages 3 – 10 years of age, designed to measure the impact of disabilities on the lives of children with cerebral palsy and their families. A 46-item questionnaire organized into six dimensions: physical independence, mobility, clinical burden, schooling, economic burden, and social integration (Mackie et al., 1998) |
| Comments/Special Instructions |
Does have population information as was developed and used for the UK CP registry. Population sample may be geographically biased.
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| Scoring |
The LAQ(CP) score is expressed out of 100 and is described, for ease, as a percentage score. A maximally disadvantaged child scores 100%. General descriptions of children can be mapped onto overall scores. Thus, a child with a LAQ(CP) score of 30 % would be completing most, but not all, self-help activities alone, posing little or no economic burden on the family and attending mainstream school with minimal extra assistance; a child with a 50% score would be assisted in many self-help activities, would limit the economic status of the family and would be receiving educational support; a child with a 70% score would be undertaking only very few self-help activities, would be experiencing marked economic effects through the family and would be in a specialized educational setting.
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| Rationale/Justification |
The tool was developed to provide a profile of the child with CP.
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| References |
Mackie PC, Jessen EC, Jarvis SN. The lifestyle assessment questionnaire: an instrument to measure the impact of disability on the lives of children with cerebral palsy and their families. Child Care Health Dev. 1998;24(6):473-486.
Mackie PC, Jessen EC, Jarvis SN. The Lifestyle Assessment Questionnaire (LAQ-CP) Manual. Newcastle upon Tyne: North England Collaborative Cerebral Palsy Survey, 1998.
Other references:
Dobhal M, Juneja M, Jain R, Sairam S, Thiagarajan D. Health-related quality of life in children with cerebral palsy and their families. Indian Pediatr. 2014;51(5):385-387.
Jessen EC, Colver AF, Mackie PC, Jarvis SN. Development and validation of a tool to measure the impact of childhood disabilities on the lives of children and their families. Child Care Health Dev. 2003;29(1):21-34.
Document last updated March 2018
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