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Prevalence of Sensory Processing Deficits in Children with Spastic Cerebral Palsy - An Indian Caregiver’s Perspective

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This study aims to analyze the prevalence and patterns of sensory processing deficits (SPD) in Indian children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP) using child sensory profile-2 (CSP-2) caregiver questionnaire. The authors surveyed 230 caregivers of children aged 3 to 14 y with spastic CP, using CSP-2. The difference in prevalence and distribution of SPDs among the CP subtypes and Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) levels was done. Overall prevalence of “Definite” (>2 SD) SPDs was 83%. Forty-seven percent had definite SPDs in more than one sensory subsection. Prevalence of definite SPDs was similar among the spastic CP subtypes. “Conduct” domain had more affection among hemiplegics and quadriplegics. “Avoiding” pattern was observed more in quadriplegics and “Seeking” pattern was observed less in diplegics. Severe GMFCS levels had more definite sensory processing deficits. SPDs are highly prevalent in children with spastic CP with unique patterns of affection among the spastic CP subtypes.

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The authors gratefully thank all the children and their caregivers who participated in the study.

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  1. School of Physiotherapy, Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research University, New Delhi, India

    Sapna Dhiman

  2. Department of Pharmacology, Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research University, New Delhi, India

    Ramesh K. Goyal

  3. Centre of Excellence & Advanced Research for Childhood Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Child Neurology Division, Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

    Aakash Mahesan & Sheffali Gulati

  4. School of Allied Health Sciences, Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research University, New Delhi, India

    Puneeta Ajmera

  5. Composite Regional Centre for Persons with Disabilities, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

    G. Shankar Ganesh

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SD: Conceptualization, methodology, data curation, data analysis, writing-original draft; RKG: Project administration, supervision, writing-review and editing; AM: Formal analysis, data curation, writing-review and editing; PA: Supervision, writing-review and editing; GSG: Data curation, writing-review and editing; SG: Supervision, conceptualization, methodology, writing-review and editing and will act as guarantor for this manuscript.

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Dhiman, S., Goyal, R.K., Mahesan, A. et al. Prevalence of Sensory Processing Deficits in Children with Spastic Cerebral Palsy - An Indian Caregiver’s Perspective. Indian J Pediatr (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-024-05111-3

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