Abstract
Introduction: The etiology of cerebral palsy (CP) is very diverse and multifactorial including prenatal, natal, and postnatal factors. Objective: This study is an attempt to describe the distribution of risk factors among children with cerebral palsy. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted to explore perinatal risk factors among 307 children having cerebral palsy. Results: Major risk factors found in this study were history of spontaneous abortions in 33 (10.7%), anemia during pregnancy in 53 (17.3%), hypertension in 26 (8.5%), and history of infection in 22 (6.2%) mothers. In total, 141 (45%) children were born preterm and 28 (9.1%) were born in multiple births. Further, it was also found that 12 (3.9%) deliveries were forceps delivery. Out of the total 307 respondents, 208 (67.8%) reported a history of delayed crying of their child at birth. Out of the available record of 278 children, 108 (38.8%) had birth weights of Conclusions: In this study, factors related to poor antenatal care as well as other unavoidable risk factors were found; therefore, there is a need to prevent avoidable causes that lead to CP through strict standard practices, mass awareness programs, etc.
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