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Table 5 Details of birth history of the child

From: Socio-demographic and clinical profile of pediatric patients with cerebral palsy in Gujarat, India

  

No. of participants

Percentage

Place of birth

Hospital/clinic—by a doctor

401

83.37

Home—by midwife

76

15.80

Home—without an experienced person

4

0.83

Type of birth

Single

451

93.76

Twins

29

6.03

Triplets or more

1

0.21

Type of delivery

Full term—normal

183

38.05

Full term—abnormal

175

36.38

Preterm—normal

46

9.56

Preterm—abnormal

77

16.01

Type of complications

Prenatal maternal illness

115

23.91

Perinatal complication

230

47.82

Postnatal complication

75

15.59

No significant history

61

12.68

Birth weight of child

> 2.50 kg

220

45.74

1.50–2.49 kg

183

38.05

1–1.49 kg

69

14.35

< 1 kg

9

1.87

Duration of NICU admission

Not Required

212

44.07

1–14 days

192

39.92

15–21 days

50

10.40

> 21 days

27

5.61

Advice about neurodevelopmental follow-up

Not required

310

64.4

Weekly

51

10.6

Fortnightly

59

12.3

Monthly

61

12.7