Abstract: Objective To investigate the factors of families related to the outcome of rehabilitation for cerebral palsy children. Methods Families of 153 cerebral palsy children were investigated with questionnaires of family condition, knowledge of cerebral palsy, compliance,and the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, Marital Quality Questionnaire, Social Support Scale, Symptom Check List, Happiness Index.The children were assessed with Comprehensive Assessment for Disable Children before and after rehabilitation. Results There were significant differences of compliance, knowledge of cerebral palsy, being of other healthy children, personality of extraversion/introversion and lying,and mental symptom between the families of the cerebral palsy children improved or not after rehabilitation (P<0.05). Multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that, being of other healthy children, personality of extraversion/introversion and mental symptom were the independent factors. Conclusion It may relate to the outcome of rehabilitation for cerebral palsy children of family condition, personality and mental health of the families, which need further intervention.

Key words: cerebral palsy, outcome of rehabilitation, families, related factors