Epidemiology of cerebral palsy in Sumba Island, Indonesia.

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
Israt JahanGulam Khandaker

Abstract

To define the epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and rehabilitation status of children with cerebral palsy (CP) in Sumba Island, Indonesia. A community-based key informant method survey among children (aged <18y) with CP was conducted between March and August 2017. Children with suspected CP underwent detailed neurodevelopmental assessment by a multidisciplinary medical team. Socio-demographic characteristics, aetiology, motor type, motor severity, associated impairments, educational, and rehabilitation status were documented. There were 130 children with clinically confirmed CP. The mean age at assessment was 8 years 11 months and 43.8% (n=57) of the children were female. The mean age at CP diagnosis was 6 years 5 months. Of these children, 46.9% (n=61) had post-neonatally acquired CP, most frequently because of vaccine-preventable infectious encephalopathy (73.8%, n=45). In total, 80.8% (n=105) had a predominantly spastic motor type of CP and 83.8% (n=109) were classified in Gross Motor Functional Classification System levels III to V. A total of 77.7% (n=101) had at least one associated impairment (speech 77.5%, intellectual 29.2%, visual 13.8%, hearing 20.0%, and epilepsy 13.5%). And 66.2% (n=86) had never received reh...Continue Reading

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