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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">511</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF CEREBRAL PALSY AFFECTED PATIENTS: AN INDIAN SCENARIO&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Jain</surname><given-names>Varidmala</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Singh</surname><given-names>Gyanendra</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Jain</surname><given-names>Jitendra Kumar</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Dayal</surname><given-names>Arvind</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Gupta</surname><given-names>Neena</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Pal</surname><given-names>Tapas</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>15</fpage><lpage>18</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Objective: This study was conducted with the aim of describing existing demographic profile of patients and their families coming to the rehab center for treatment.&#13;
Method: Parents of total 307 patients were respondents.&#13;
Result: Out of total 307 children only 30% (92) were females. Most common age of presentation was 2-9 years. 64.2% (197) patients belonged to joint families and maximum 58 % (178) belonged to upper middle class. Only 85% (261) families had toilets inside their houses. It was found that consanguineous marriages was found in both Muslims 47.1% (8) and Hindus 7.8% (22). 10.4% (32) fathers were professionals. Maximum mothers 89.6% (275) were housewives despite of high level of education (graduation or above) in 61% (187).&#13;
Conclusion: Social issues like gender biasness, family support system and socioeconomic profile affect to a great extent the treatment seeking of these families.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Cerebral palsy</kwd><kwd> Socioeconomic status</kwd><kwd> Consanguinity</kwd><kwd> Housing condition</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
