Variables epidemiológicas de parálisis cerebral infantil en menores de catorce años, Hospital José María Velasco Ibarra, periodo 2014-2018

Abstract

This research Project is mainly aimed at establishing the epidemiological variables with regard to infantile cerebral palsy in children under 14 years of age treated at the José María Velasco Ibarra hospital during the period between 2014 – 2018 for which it was conducted a descriptive, cross-sectional study, by analyzing the medical records of the study population, a process that yields the following results: from the sample universe of 2665 pediatric patients under inclusion and exclusion criteria, a sample of 72 patients winth a diagnosis of ICP is obtained, which is represented by 47.2% female sex and 52.8% male sex, the same as with respect to human development, mostly are presented as etiological agents with natal factors (48.6%), being the one with the highest incidence level of hypoxic/ischaemic encephalopathy (74.3%), a fact that shares truthfulness with the stated available literature data, besides that there is also an obvious domain of disability valued as > 75 % in a 63.8% of cases. The diagnosis under study involves a series of health problems, as well as economic, psychological, social and cultural problems for the affected individual and for those who are around need to improve the population management in studies based on the health process of each community as a starting point to enhance the quality of life.