Sociocultural issues and causes of cerebral palsy in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Frank-Briggs, AI; Alikor, Ead

doi:10.4314/njp.v38i3.72266

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“…This is consistent with previous findings (Waugh et al, 1996;Lagunju et al, 2006;Hamzat and Fatudimu 2008;Boskabadi et al, 2010;Frank-Briggs and Alikor, 2011). However, this is at variance with the findings of Buljina et al (1999), who reported an insignificant gender difference in children with CP in their study.…”

Section: Demographic Characteristics Of the Participantssupporting

confidence: 93%

“…In the present study, jaundice was reported as the major causative factor of CP among the sampled population. This is consistent with the finding of Nottidge and Okogbo (1991), but at variance with others (Lagunju et al, 2006;Ogunlesi et al, 2008;Frank-Briggs and Alikor, 2011) who reported asphyxia as the predominant cause of CP followed by jaundice in their studies. With respect to CP caused by asphyxia as found in this study and others, Ogunlesi et al (2008) opined that this may be related to the high rate of poorly supervised deliveries, as has been demonstrated previously (Thomberg et al, 1995;Etuk and Etuk, 2001).…”

Section: Reported Causes Of Cerebral Palsysupporting

confidence: 92%

“…The neurological co-morbidities reported in this study are consistent with the literature on children with CP (Odding et al, 2006;Lagunju et al, 2006;Pruitt and Tsai, 2009;Frank-Briggs and Alikor, 2011). These associated comorbidities, to a large extent, portray the severity of CP affectation.…”

Section: Co-morbidities Associated With Cerebral Palsysupporting

confidence: 89%

“…The most observed type of CP, based on motor function classification approach of assessing muscle tone, was the spastic type (91.1%) which is similar to that reported by other studies (Odding et al, 2006;Hamzat and Fatudimu, 2008;Ogunlesi et al, 2008;Frank-Briggs and Alikor, 2011), but with quadriplegic (62.9%) affectation dominating based on topography classification (pattern of paralysis) which is consistent with findings in some previous studies (Brigas-Grande et al, 2002, Singhi et al, 2002Hamzat et al, 2008;Peters et al, 2008;FrankBriggs and Alikor, 2011). This finding was however at variance with those of other researchers who reported a predominance of diplegic affectation among children with CP (Suzuki et al, 1999;el-Rifai et al, 1984).…”

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confidence: 86%

“…Cerebral palsy is recognized as a common childhood problem in Nigeria; however, most of the available data on CP in Nigeria are those generated from the limited area of practice of clinicians from various parts of Nigeria: Ibadan (Nottidge and Okogbo, 1991;Lagunju et al, 2006;Peters et al, 2008), Sagamu (Ogunlesi et al 2008), Port Harcourt (Frank-Brigges andAlikor, 2011). The main focus of the present study is to investigate the profile of children with CP referred for physiotherapy within wider practice settings embracing twelve selected secondary and tertiary hospitals in Southwest Nigeria.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Profile of children with cerebral palsy attending outpatient physiotherapy clinics in southwest Nigeria

Ayanniyi¹,

Abdulsalam²

2016

Af Jrl. Phys Rehab Sci

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SUMMARYCerebral palsy (CP) is a major cause of childhood disability. The objective of this study was to investigate the causes, types, severity, history of pregnancy, delivery, maternal care, demographic and clinical characteristics of children with CP and their parents as seen in outpatient physiotherapy clinics of the selected hospitals in Southwest Nigeria.A cross-sectional survey of children with CP and their parents was conducted in twelve hospitals in Southwest Nigeria. Information about the participants was obtained from hospital case records, physical examination and interviews. Data were summarized using descriptive and Chi-square tests with Alpha level put at 0. 05.Two hundred and thirteen children with CP were seen, aged 18 months to 12 years, and most of them were male (59.2%). The majority (41.0%) of the mothers were in the age range of 28 to 33 years. Jaundice (39.9%), asphyxia (26.8%) and infection (17.4%) were the leading causes of CP and spastic CP was the most common type (81.7%). Quadriplegic CP presentation was predominant (67.1%), and leading co-morbidities were mental retardation (31%) and speech impairment (26.3%). About 50% of the children severely affected by CP fell within Levels 4 and 5 of the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) of CP severity.It was concluded that cerebral palsy in Southwest Nigeria is mainly associated with jaundice, asphyxia and infections. Spastic cerebral palsy was most common and quadriplegic affectation was predominant. It is recommended that factors promoting perinatal problems should be curtailed.

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Section: Demographic Characteristics Of the Participantssupporting

confidence: 93%

Section: Reported Causes Of Cerebral Palsysupporting

confidence: 92%

Section: Co-morbidities Associated With Cerebral Palsysupporting

confidence: 89%

Section: Types Of Cerebral Palsysupporting

confidence: 86%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Profile of children with cerebral palsy attending outpatient physiotherapy clinics in southwest Nigeria

Ayanniyi¹,

Abdulsalam²

2016

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A survey of caregivers of Nigerian children less than 6 years of age to determine the experience and perception of acceptability of oral solid dosage forms

Orubu¹,

Okwelogu

Opanuga

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International Journal of Pharmaceutics

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Levels, Correlates, and Predictors of Stress and Caregiver Burden among Caregivers of Children with Cerebral Palsy in Nigeria

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Cerebral palsy (CP) is a major cause of physical disability in childhood. Caregivers are often subjected to both stress and burden due to prolonged care. This article assesses levels, correlates, and predictive factors of stress and caregiver burden among primary caregivers of children with CP. A hospital-based descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in three tertiary hospitals within the Osun State, Nigeria. Two hundred and nine caregivers were interviewed with both the Parental Stress Scale and Caregiver Difficulty Scale to assess for stress and burden of caregivers, respectively. Data were collected and analyzed using Statistical Program for Social Sciences for Windows version 22 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, Illinois, United States) with alpha set at p < 0.05. Two hundred and nine children with CP aged 12 months to 12 years were seen during the 6-month period. Mothers constituted 87.1% of the total caregivers. The mean (standard deviation [SD]) stress seen in caregivers was 44.8 ± 10.1, while the mean (SD) caregiver burden was 45.2 ± 13.4. Both these scores were above the minimum score of 42, which signifies high psychosocial stress and burden. Multivariate linear regression was used to assess associations between clinical and sociodemographic and each of stress and caregivers' burden. Severity of CP and level of education were the most important predictors of stress, while severity of CP, level of education, and male child were the most important predictors of caregivers' burden. Caregivers' burden and stress are known to result in negative outcomes. Identifying factors that can predict caregivers' burden and stress could help develop an early intervention strategy to minimize these negative effects while promoting caregivers' psychosocial well-being.

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Sociocultural issues and causes of cerebral palsy in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

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Profile of children with cerebral palsy attending outpatient physiotherapy clinics in southwest Nigeria

Profile of children with cerebral palsy attending outpatient physiotherapy clinics in southwest Nigeria

A survey of caregivers of Nigerian children less than 6 years of age to determine the experience and perception of acceptability of oral solid dosage forms

Levels, Correlates, and Predictors of Stress and Caregiver Burden among Caregivers of Children with Cerebral Palsy in Nigeria

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