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detalls of the~r actlv~ties In the previous 24 hours were obta~ned and entered on a
structured format
The Important actlvltles focused were tlme spent on sleep,
housework attend~ng to personal care eatlng, study~ng at home and In extra coachlng
dasses on payment (tult~on) do~ng outs~de work and partlupat~ng ~n Income generating
work
(ii) Urban area
3 Tertiary care hosp~tal (JIPMER ), Pond~chemy
Acute illness
Data were collected from parents of g~rls and boys adm~ned ~n the ped~atnc ward w~th
an acute ~llness dunng the penod August, 1995-October 1995 These ch~ldren were
selected In such a way that they ha~led from rural areas s~m~lar to the study wllage The
girls and boys were matched In socioeconomic status, the nature of ~llness, farn~ly slze,
educat~onalevel of parents and other factors that could Influence the health care
glven Deta~ls about the treatment glven to the ch~ldren from the time of onset of the
f~rst symptom t~ll they got adm~tted In the ternary care hosp~tal were obta~ned and
entered In a structured form
Chronic illness
Detalls of follow up and treatment glven to children w~th cerebral palsy were obta~ned
from the case records of pat~ents who had attended JIPMER hospltal for treatment
These were selected from the case records of ch~ldren who had reported to the
OCcupat~onal therapy department of the hosp~tal between January.1994 and