Cerebral Malaria data

We collected data from children living in Malawi with motor dysfunction from Octo-ber 2, 2017 to November 15, 2017, using questionnaires and physical examinations. These data included diagnosis, birth history, medical history, and history of malaria based on interviews and patients’ personal medical records. The patients’ families provided consent to participate in this research. After exclusions were applied, the remaining patients (33, or 27%) were diagnosed with cerebral malaria. We report the patients’ type of paralysis, muscle tone, age of malaria infection, and Gross Motor Functional Classification Score. This dataset reports basic data on the physical func-tion of the underreported pediatric population with cerebral malaria. In the future, it will be useful for comparative studies with other children with cerebral malaria to improve rehabilitation interventions.

本数据集收集自2017年10月2日至11月15日间居住在马拉维的患有运动功能障碍的儿童数据。收集方式包括问卷调查和体格检查。数据内容涵盖诊断、出生史、病史以及基于访谈和患者个人医疗记录的疟疾史。患者家属已同意参与本研究。经过筛选，剩余患者（共33名，占比27%）被诊断为脑型疟疾。本研究报告了患者的瘫痪类型、肌张力、疟疾感染年龄和粗大运动功能分级评分。本数据集报告了未充分报道的儿科脑型疟疾患者群体基本体能数据。未来，该数据集将有助于与其他脑型疟疾儿童进行对比研究，从而改善康复干预措施。