Abstract

BACKGROUND: Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common etiology for motor dysfunction among children worldwide. There are only few articles available on epidemiological information in developing countries and low resource settings. We aim to study epidemiological profile of CP in the Assam state. METHODOLOGY This is a cross sectional observational study of all children attending the camp organized for children with disability at a tertiary care center. RESULT: 1986 children of cerebral palsy attended the camp with largest number from lakhimpur, nagaon and karimganj districts of Assam. 60.8% were male. Highest number of children were of age group 5 to 10 years (44.9 %). Spastic CP (68%) was most common . Spastic quadriplegia (59.01%) constituted the predominant group. Home delivery was present in 30% and history of delayed cry in 47.1%. 51.8% were first born children and normal vaginal delivery was the most common (89.3%) mode of delivery. Delay in motor milestones (92.1%) was most common presenting problem. History of seizure was present in 31.9% of cases. CONCLUSION : cerebral palsy is still a big burden on our health system. Spastic quadriplegia is the most common form of CP. Home delivery is still common in this part of population. There is need to strengthen our health system and increase awareness in public to combat the burden of CP.

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