Extent of disability among paediatric Japanese encephalitis survivors and predictors of poor outcome: a retrospective cohort study in North India.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the Japanese encephalitis (JE)-associated long-term functional and neurological outcomes, the extent of reduced social participation and predictors of poor outcomes among paediatric JE survivors.

Design

A retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Laboratory-confirmed JE-positive paediatric cases (<16 years of age) hospitalised at the paediatric ward of Baba Raghav Das Medical College, Gorakhpur, India, between 1 January 2017 and 31 December 2017, were followed up after 6-12 months of hospital discharge.

Participants

126 patients were included in the study; median age was 7.5 years (range: 1.5-15 years), and 74 (58.73%) were male.

Outcome measures

Functional outcome defined by Liverpool Outcome Score (LOS) dichotomised into poor (LOS=1-2)

SUBMITTER: Srivastava N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9628649 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature