Sonja Mensch

120 Chapter 6 Table 2. Bivariate correlations between Movakic and Quality of Life scores Movakic Quality of life dimensions Physical well-being Material well-being Communication & Influence Socio-emotional well-being Development Activities Total QoL-PMD Body Positions r 1 (p) r 1 (p) r 1 (p) r 1 (p) r 1 (p) r 1 (p) r 1 (p) Lying (N=20) .43 (.06) .18 (.46) -.17 (.49) .30 (.20) .51* (.02) .34 (.15) .38 (.10) Sitting (N=25) .49* (.01) .16 (.46) .06 (.78) .29 (.16) .45* (.03) .36 (.08) .41* (.04) Standing (N=17) .30 (.25) -.05 (.85) .46 (.06) .43 (.09) .23 (.40) .61** (.01) .53* (.03) Total Movakic (N=29) .43* (.02) .09 (.65) .08 (.67) .32 (.09) .46* (.01) .38* (.05) .40* (.03) 1 Pearson (bivariate) correlation coefficient ; * p ≤.05; ** p ≤.01 Table 3. Mean Movakic scores and independent relationships (standardised regression coefficients) between Movakic and Quality of Life scores Movakic Quality of life dimensions Physical well-being Development Activities QoL total (Mean=55.3 ; SD=20.5) (Mean=64.8 ; SD=21.2) (Mean=70.4 ; SD=17.0) (Mean=65.3 ; SD=14.7) Body Positions Mean (SD) β 1 R 22 β 1 R 22 β 1 R 22 β 1 R 22 Lying .60 (.22) .66* .34* .60* .29* .44 .15 .55* .24* Sitting .56 (.22) .75** .38* .57* .22* .48 .15 .49 .16 Standing .60 (.19) .19 .03 .01 .00 .46 .16 .34 .09 Movakic total .58 (.20) .64** .30** .52* .20* .51* .19* .48* .17* 1 Standardised regression coefficient controlling for gender, age and GMFCS levels; 2 Proportion explained variance of the regression model (R 2 ); the significance level indicates a significant change in the F statistic after entering the Movakic dimension; * p ≤.05; ** p ≤.01