Mostly Mothers, Many Others: Comparing Caregiver Attendance and Missed Treatment Hours in Pediatric Physical Therapy for Children With Cerebral Palsy
Attendance rates are an important metric for clinics and clinicians. Offering choices of treatment schedules may improve attendance rates. Future research could prospectively investigate caregiver scheduling preferences and their influence on attendance to outpatient pediatric physical therapy.
Authors
- Elizabeth Maus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7069-7585)
- Tanya Tripathi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7490-6310)
- Jill Heathcock (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2241-1332)
- Lee Ann Sansuchat
Institutions
- Nationwide Children's Hospital (US)
- Ohio Department of Health (US)
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute (AU)
- The Ohio State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical Therapy
- Published
- 2025-11-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ptj/pzaf131
- Primary Topic
- Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00