Health-Related Quality of Life for Cerebral Palsy Caregivers in Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa is the focus of this dataset containing pooled meta-analysis results on the Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) of caregivers for children with cerebral palsy. It was created by Jenberu Mekurianew Kelkay and uploaded to figshare in April 2026. The dataset is small, at 1.2 KB, and includes statistical results from a systematic review covering studies from 2000 to 2025.

Use Cases

• Analyze the pooled mean HRQoL score of 41.234 to benchmark caregiver well-being in the region.
• Compare regional disparities using subgroup analysis results, such as South Africa's pooled mean of 67.52.
• Assess study heterogeneity for meta-analysis validation using the reported I² statistic.
• Investigate publication bias in the research field using results from Begg’s and Egger’s tests.

Strengths

• Includes a precise pooled mean HRQoL estimate of 41.234 with a 95% confidence interval.
• Systematic review methodology involved four major databases and manual reference screening.
• Statistical analysis includes sensitivity analysis, subgroup analysis, and publication bias assessment.

Limitations

• Extremely small data scale at 1.2 KB, containing only aggregated results, not raw study data.
• Underlying individual study sample sizes and raw participant data are not included.
• Temporal coverage of source studies (2000-2025) may include older data with less relevance to current conditions.

Provenance

Source

figshare, uploaded by author Jenberu Mekurianew Kelkay.

Collection Method

Systematic review and meta-analysis (SRMA) of published studies.

Time Range

Source studies published between June 2000 and May 2025.

Freshness

Last updated on the platform in April 2026, but underlying review covers studies up to May 2025.

Geography

Sub-Saharan Africa, with noted regional analysis (e.g., South Africa).