Association between body weight status and nutritional problems among cerebral palsy children in community-based rehabilitation centres, Terengganu

Karimah Fakhriah, Ismail and Wan Rohani, Wan Taib and Wan Pauzi, Wan Ibrahim (2020) Association between body weight status and nutritional problems among cerebral palsy children in community-based rehabilitation centres, Terengganu. The Asian Journal of Medicine and Biomedicine (AJMB), 4 (SI 1). pp. 104-113. ISSN 2600-8173

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Abstract

Cerebral Palsy (CP) is a disorder that cause persisting and non-progressive conditions in the motor control development as a result of an injury in parts of the brain. It occurs in 1 – 2 of every 2000 babies born in Malaysia and 2.11 per 1000 live births worldwide. Poor oral-motor will impair the child’s ability to safely consume calories and nutrients daily. Besides, low resting energy expenditure due to hypertonia or movement disorder will consequently lead to feeding issues such as dysphagia, constipation, gastroesophageal reflux disease and malnutrition. This study was conducted to determine the association between body weight status and feeding issues among CP children in Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) in Kuala Nerus and Kuala Terengganu. A total of 26 primary caregivers were involved in this cross-sectional study. Body mass index was used as an indicator for body weight status and feeding issues were reported through questionnaire via face-to-face interview with the primary caregivers. This study reported 57.7% CP children were underweight and 42.3% were having normal body weight status. The common feeding issues reported obtained through the questionnaire and the result found 11 types of problems related to oral, digestive and other issues such as allergy, less appetite and strict food choices. No significant association between the presence of feeding problems and nutritional status was found by using Chi-Square test. The results of this study can be used as reference for the new and recent information regarding nutritional information related to CP children.

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