Frequency of joined disabilities of children with cerebral palsy in Tuzla canton

Mirela Babajić,Dijana Avdić,Emira Švraka

doi:10.17532/jhsci.2013.111

Abstract

Introduction: Cerebral palsy (CP) connotes a group of non-progressive, but often variable symptoms of motor impairment of movement and posture, as well as other impairments which are a consequenceof anomalies or brain impairment in different phases of its development. CP is a pathological condition characterised in the fi rst place by motor function impairment to which other disorders such as: visual andhearing impairment, intellectual defi cit, emotional problems, behaviour disorder, speech disorder, epileptic seizure and similar can join. The aim of this study is to determine frequency of joined disabilities ofchildren with cerebral palsy in Tuzla Canton.Methods: The research covers a total sample of 48 examinees, chronological age from 2-19 years, in Tuzla Canton. Research instrument was a Structural Questionnaire for the parents of children and adolescentswith cerebral palsy. Research data were processed by nonparametric statistics method. Basic statistical parameters of frequency and percentages were calculated, and tabular presentation was made.Results: After classification of examinees as per frequency of joined disabilities was done, work results have shown that speech impairment occurred with 35.4 % of children, visual impairment 33.3 %, epilepsy29.3 %, whereas hearing impairment occurred with 2 % of children.Conclusion: In research of frequency of joined disabilities of children with cerebral palsy in Tuzla Canton, most expressed are speech and visual disorders with children, then epilepsy, whereas a small percentageof children are with hearing disorder.

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Cerebral palsy (CP) connotes a group of non-progressive, but often variable symptoms of motor impairment of movement and posture, as well as other impairments which are a consequence of anomalies or brain impairment in different phases of its development
Cerebral palsy is a pathological condition characterised in the first place by impairment of motor
The study included 48 children with cerebral palsy, age from 2-19 years, with the place of residence in Tuzla Canton, which have been treated in Centre for physical medicine, rehabilitation and spa treatment “Ilidža” Gradačac, in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Introduction

Cerebral palsy (CP) connotes a group of non-progressive, but often variable symptoms of motor impairment of movement and posture, as well as other impairments which are a consequence of anomalies or brain impairment in different phases of its development. CP is a pathological condition characterised in the first place by motor function impairment to which other disorders such as: visual and hearing impairment, intellectual deficit, emotional problems, behaviour disorder, speech disorder, epileptic seizure and similar can join. The aim of this study is to determine frequency of joined disabilities of children with cerebral palsy in Tuzla Canton. Cerebral palsy is a pathological condition characterised in the first place by impairment of motor. Submitted 8 September 2013 / Accepted 15 November 2013 function to which other disorders such as: visual and hearing impairment, intellectual deficit, emotional problems, behaviour disorder, speech disorder, epileptic seizures and similar can join. Research done as per methodology of International Classification of Impairment, Disabilities and Handicap (ICDH; WHO, Geneva, 1980) has shown that, as much as 95.8 % of children with cerebral palsy in specialized primary schools have multiply disabilities (4)

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