Psycho-Rehabilitation Method (Dohsa-hou) and Quality of Life in Children with Cerebral Palsy

This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of psycho-rehabilitation (Dohsa-hou) on improving the quality of life of 4-12 years old children with cerebral palsy. present research is asemi-experimental study with a pre-test - post-test design, follow-up and control group. The statistical population consists of all children with cerebral palsy in Yazd. 30 male patients were selected using convenience sampling method and they were divided into the experiment and control groups. Before treatment beginning, parents filled the quality of life questionnaire and at the end of the treatment period in the post-test and follow-up phase the same assessment was done. The treatment period in the experiment group was 12 sessions (three sessions per week) and follow up phase was done 50 days after the test. results obtained from the analysis of covariance showed that psychological rehabilitation of children with cerebral palsy improve the quality of life and this difference was persistent in follow up phase (P <0.001). since the outbreak of cerebral palsy is raising and the symptoms are wide, in the future, patients may have an increased need for rehabilitation. Dohsa-hou as a psychological rehabilitation approach is an effective treatment to improve the quality of life of these patients.