TY  - JOUR
T1  - Dietary assessment of children with cerebral palys: case control study in Isparta
AU  - Öztürk, Mustafa
AU  - Kutluhan, Süleyman
AU  - Demirci, Serpil
AU  - Akhan, Galip
AU  - Kısıoğlu, A. Nesimi
AU  - Akgün, Seniha
AU  - Hacıahmetoğlu, Halime
PY  - 2013
DA  - March
JF  - EASTERN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
PB  - Van Yuzuncu Yıl University
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 1301-0883
SP  - 22
EP  - 25
VL  - 9
IS  - 1
LA  - en
AB  - Objective: To evaluate nutrient intakes and dietaryassessment of the children with cerebral palsy (CP) inour region, and to investigate the effects of variousfactors specific to this condition.Method: Forty-three children (24 males 19 females;mean age 8.1±4.2 years) with CP admitting to anoutpatient center were included in the study. Inaddition, a control group of 27 children were recruitedfrom the siblings of the children with CP. All caretakerswere interviewed and a three-day dietary record of thechildren with CP and controls were obtained.Results: Overall, 32.6% of the children werequadriplegic, 44.2% diplegic and 14.0% hemiplegic. Themean percent of the Recommended Dietary Allowancesfor energy intake was lower in the children with CPthan that in the controls (p<0.05), while no differenceswere detected between the groups according toprotein, calcium, iron and vitamin C intakes. We alsoobserved that there were differences in the amount ofdaily nutrients in the CP group according to somecharacteristic like gender and age.Conclusion: These results showed that daily nutrientintakes of the children with CP in Isparta province areinsufficient.Key words: Cerebral palsy, children, nutritional intake,dietary assessment.
UR  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/ejm/article/72628
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/62226
ER  -