Profile of children with cerebral palsy at a tertiary hospital in eastern Nepal.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The clinical spectrum of Cerebral palsy (CP) can differ in various places depending upon knowledge of the people and resources for prevention, diagnosis and management. Although studied extensively in high-resource countries, adequate data related to CP from resource-constraint settings are lacking. This study aims to describe the profile of children with CP at a tertiary care center in eastern Nepal.

Methods

This was a hospital-based cross-sectional descriptive study done from 2017 to 2018. Children 6 months to 15 years who presented with CP were enrolled and their clinical details recorded and described.

Results

Amongst 110 children with CP, 74.54% were male. Majority (76.36%) were 5 years or below with the median age being 3(2.00-4.75) years. Children wi

SUBMITTER: Chaudhary S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9277817 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature