Research Article
Children in Vegetative State and Minimally Conscious State: Patients’ Condition and Caregivers’ Burden
Table 2
Clinical characteristics of children with DOCs.
| | Main diagnosis, n (%) | | | SV | 21 (60.0) | | SMC | 14 (40.0) | | Comorbidities, n (%) | | | Tetraplegia | 18 (51.4) | | Dysphagia | 12 (34.3) | | Epilepsy | 10 (27.8) | | Respiratory failure | 1 (2.8) | | Dwarfism | 1 (2.8) | | Severe mental retardation | 1 (2.8) | | Aetiology, no (%) | | | Anoxia | 16 (45.7) | | Traumatic | 11 (31.3) | | Others | 8 (23.0) | | Rehabilitative interventions, n (%) | | | Physiotherapy | 32 (91.4) | | Swallowing and language | 10 (28.6) | | Psychological and cognitive | 5 (14.3) | | Breathing | 2 (5.7) | | Music therapy | 2 (5.7) | | Disability rating scale, mean (SD) | 22.0 (1.9) |
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