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- Title
Population-based surveillance of children with cerebral palsy enables early diagnosis and intervention.
- Authors
Al Imam, Mahmudul Hassan; Jahan, Israt; Das, Manik Chandra; Muhit, Mohammad; Smithers‐Sheedy, Hayley; McIntyre, Sarah; Badawi, Nadia; Khandaker, Gulam; Smithers-Sheedy, Hayley
- Abstract
EDITOR-The 2019 Global Burden of Disease Study suggests that there are an estimated 50 million people with cerebral palsy (CP) globally.1 The burden of CP is substantially higher in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) compared with high-income countries (HICs).2 Moreover, an overrepresentation of severe functional impairments is observed among children with CP in LMICs, probably due to delayed diagnosis and lack of access to early intervention.2 The limited service availability and shortage of rehabilitation service providers in LMICs is a major challenge.3 Carter et al.4 assessed the health care use of children and young adults with CP by integrating a CP register to hospital data in Northern Ireland (an HIC). Population-based surveillance of children with cerebral palsy enables early diagnosis and intervention The higher use of rehabilitation among the children in GMFCS level V reported by Carter et al. was also analogous to the BCPR findings (51.8% vs. 41.0% among children with CP in GMFCS level V and GMFCS levels I-IV respectively, I p i =0.003).
- Subjects
CHILDREN with cerebral palsy; EARLY diagnosis
- Publication
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2021, Vol 63, Issue 7, p883
- ISSN
0012-1622
- Publication type
letter
- DOI
10.1111/dmcn.14861