Establish Registry of Cerebral Palsy in Suez Governorate
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Nursing and health Science - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 4
Abstract
Patient registry is an organized system that uses observational study methods to collect uniform data to evaluate specified outcomes for a population defined by a particular disease, condition, or exposure, and that serves one or more predetermined scientific, clinical, or policy purposes.Aim of the Study: This study was conducted to establishdatabase about cerebral palsy in Suez city. Subjects and Methods: Cerebral palsy children inGeneralhospital , Health Insurance Hospital ,Units of Family Medicine and five privatecenters in Suez city were involved in this study. Cerebral palsy children who receiving physical therapyservices of both genders, ranged in age frombirth to 18years, are subjected to confidential registry form. The outcomemeasures were gross motor function classification system,,gross motor function measurement,manual classification system and Viking speech scale. Results: Within the study population, 85% were spastic type, 7.9% were dyskinetic, 2.1% were ataxic and 5% hypotonic, percentage of CP based on GMFCS were, 8.6 for level I, 9.3% for level II, 16.4% for level III, 12.9% forlevel IV and 52.9% for level V. Percentage according GMFM,MACS and viking were also recorded CONCLUSION The current study revealed that CP children who are receiving physical therapy; incidence of spastic type is the major while is the least prevalence, ataxic type. Demography revealed that 62.9% were males and 37.1% were females. High incidences of children with CP were level V in GMFCS, and level III in MACS and Viking speech scale..
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Hadeer M. Mohamed, Elham E. Salem Ph. D. , Mona N. Mohamed
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