A Retrospective Analysis of Disability-Related Data on Disabled Children and their Families in Turkey Muammer Rasmi Assistant Professor, Yeditepe University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, TR-34755, Istanbul, Turkey Online published on 13 February, 2013. Abstract Purpose The aim of this study was to investigate and analysis the data and records of disabled children and their families. Materials and Methods Records and data of 116 patients with different neurological conditions seen at the Physiotherapy Department at a special education centre between August 2004 and August 2008 were investigated. Obtained data and records included: age, gender, mode of delivery, diseases distribution, types of cerebral palsy and related factors, education level and job status of the parents, intermarriage, therapy interest rate. Results The most prevelant mode of delivery was as a vaginal delivery in 68 (59%) cases while a caesarean section seen in 47 (41%) cases in addition to one adoption case with unknown delivery type. 29 (25%) of this deliveries were as a premature while 2 (2%) deliveries were as late deliveries. Cerebral palsy was the most prevalent (61%) cause of physiotherapy attendance. The spastic type also represented the most type of cerebral palsies with prevelant of 57%. The most prevelant parents educational level included the primary school (mothers-fathers, 56%-47%). There was also intermarriage betweeen 33 pairs with cousin relation in 28 pairs and 5 pairs with distant relation. Most of the mothers were housewifes (%97) and attendance to therapy realized by 91% of the mothers. Conclusion Many factors are related to physiotherapy attendance of the paediatric neurological conditions. Parents low educational level, intermarriage, high percentage of house- wifes, free- worker position of fathers and high percentage of mothers who attend to children care may reflect socioeconomic level of this population. Top Keywords Cerebral Palsy; Parents. Top |