Point prevalence and motor function of children and adolescents with cerebral palsy in Scandinavia and Scotland: a CP-North study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To describe the point prevalence of cerebral palsy (CP) and distribution of gross and fine motor function in individuals registered in a CP-North surveillance programme.

Method

Aggregate data of individuals with CP aged 6 to 19 years, sex, CP subtype, and gross and fine motor function levels were collected from each programme. Overall and age-specific point prevalence of CP was calculated for each programme using 95% confidence intervals. Logistic regression was used to estimate prevalence and CP subtypes with age as the covariate variable. Pearson χ² tests were used to compare the distributions of CP subtypes, Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) levels, and Manual Ability Classification System (MACS) levels by age and between programmes.

Res

SUBMITTER: Hollung SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8247044 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature