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Data from tertiary care hospital<br />

3 Hospital attendance<br />

Out <strong>of</strong> 1,443 children between 515 years <strong>of</strong> age who attended the outpatlent<br />

department <strong>of</strong> JIPMER hospital, 693 (48.0%) were girls and 750 (52.0%) were boys<br />

showing that there was no appreciable gender difference In the hospital attendance<br />

rate in this area.<br />

3 Attention in acute illness and type <strong>of</strong> health care<br />

Out <strong>of</strong> 41 girls and 39 boys from whom data were obtained regarding the treatment<br />

given from the time <strong>of</strong> onset <strong>of</strong> illness till they reached the tertiary care hospital, no<br />

s~gnificant difference was observed between the two genders either in the time interval<br />

between the onset <strong>of</strong> illness and the first health care given or the type <strong>of</strong> first health<br />

care given to them. The mean delay in seeking <strong>medical</strong> help in girls was 2.4 e1.5)<br />

days and in boys, 2 6 @2 I) days (p >0.05)<br />

2 Attention in chronic illness (cerebral palsy)<br />

A total <strong>of</strong> 78 case records <strong>of</strong> ch~ldren w~th cerebral palsy were analyzed regarding<br />

follow up care given to them Out <strong>of</strong> 34 girls. 9 (28.5%) did not come for any follow up<br />

at all, while the corresponding figure for boys was 16 out <strong>of</strong> 41 (36.4% p > 0.05). It was<br />

also observed that 15 out <strong>of</strong> 34 girls (44.1%) and 9 out <strong>of</strong> 44 boy's (20.5%) had<br />

completed their full course <strong>of</strong> follow up (p < 0 05)

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