Cerebral Palsy Quality of Life Questionnaire (CPQOL)
What It Measures
The Cerebral Palsy Quality of Life Questionnaire (CP QOL) asks how good a child or teenager's life feels to them, rather than how well their body works. It was built specifically for cerebral palsy, from interviews with children and adolescents who have CP and with their parents, so the questions reflect what this group actually named as mattering.
Two instruments cover different ages. CP QOL-Child is for ages 4 to 12, with a caregiver report across the full range and a self-report for children 9 to 12. CP QOL-Teen is for ages 13 to 18, again with both self-report and caregiver versions. Domains include social wellbeing and acceptance, feelings about functioning, emotional wellbeing, access to services, pain, and family health. Higher scores mean better quality of life.
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Additional Notes
Licensing Notes: Free to download, but not free to alter.
Learn More: The CP QOL-Child and CP QOL-Teen have similar, but different domains tested. Self-report and caregiver-proxy scores often differ, particularly in subjective domains like social wellbeing. This gap is informative, not an error.