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(11) Data from tertiary care hospital
, Hospital attendance
During a orie year per~od frorn June,lSSG to May, 1997, data were obta~ned at weekly
Intervals from ch~ldren between the ages of 515 years who attended JIPMER hosp~tal
There was a total of 1.443 chlldren In that age group, out of wh~ch 693 (48 0%) were
glrls and 750 (52 0%) were boys show~ng that there was no slgnlflcant gender
difference In the hospltal attendance rate In this area (p > 0 05, Table 5.28)
Attent~on in acute illness and type of health care
Details of treatment glven from the tlme of onset of the flrst symptom till the t~me the
ch~ld got adm~tted In the ped~atnc ward were obta~ned for 41 g~rls and 39 boys over a
perlod of 3 months These ch~ldren had fever or severe paln or a life threatening
symptom l~ke conwisions as the first symptom of illness The t~me Interval between the
oliset of illness and f~rst health care glven and also the type of flrst health care glven to
glrls and boys have been compared in Tables 7.3 and 7.4 No slgntflcant dlfference
was observed between the two genders elther In the tlme Interval between the onset of
~llness and the flrst health care glven or the type of f~rst health care glven to them The
mean delay In seeklng med~cal help In g~rls was 2 4 el 5) days and in boys 2 6 @2 1)
days there be~ng no stgn~ficant dlfference between the two (p >O 05)
3 Attention in chronic illness (cerebral palsy)
From the case records of chlldren wlth cerebral palsy who had attended the
Occupat~onal therapy department of the hosp~tal durlng a one year penod between
Januafy,1994 and December.1994, 78 were selected for analysls Thls Included case