Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Keramat, Keramat Ullah
• Khalily, Muhammad Athar
• Bhutta, Abdul Haseeb
• Khattak, Pirzada
• Habib, Anam
• Bhutta, Nimra Ilyas

Titel

Risk factors evaluation of cerebral palsy in Hazara division Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan: A cross-sectional survey

Ist Teil von

• Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 2022-07, Vol.72 (7), p.1315-1319

Ort / Verlag

Knowledge Bylanes

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• OBJECTIVETo evaluate the prevalence of risk factors of cerebral palsy in the mothers of children with cerebral palsy. MethodsThe cross-sectional study was conducted in 2018 at the Helping Hand Institute of Rehabilitation Sciences, Mansehra, Pakistan, and comprised mothers of cerebral palsy children aged 1-18 years from the Hazara Division. Data was collected by using a modified form of Surveillance of cerebral palsy in Europe questionnaire regarding prenatal, natal and postal natal risk factors. Data was analysed using SPSS 21. RESULTSOf the 300 children, 190(63.3%) were males and 110(36.7%) were females. The mean age of the children was 5.43±3.63 years and that of their mothers at the time of delivery was 26.16±5.11 years. Among the prenatal risk factors, anaemia was the leading factor 179(59.6%), while delayed crying 187(63.3%) was the major postnatal factor. Consanguinity was reported by 200(66.7%) mothers. Majority of the deliveries 201(67%) had taken place at hospitals. ConclusionAnaemia and delayed crying were the major risk factors identified in mothers and children, respectively, in the study sample.