TABLE 1.

Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the intervention and no intervention arms (N = 388).

Characteristics		Intervention arm		Control arm
		No	%	No	%
Total		191	100.00	197	100
Local government area
	Abi	3	1.6	2	1.0
	Akamkpa	6	3.1	8	4.1
	Akpabuyo	8	4.2	13	6.6
	Bakassi	6	3.1	5	2.5
	Bekwara	15	7.8	13	6.6
	Biase	8	4.2	11	5.6
	Boki	15	7.8	16	8.1
	Calabar Municipality	7	3.7	3	1.5
	Calabar South	13	6.5	19	9.6
	Ikom	10	5.2	10	5.2
	Etung	7	3.7	8	4.1
	Obanliku	13	6.8	14	7.0
	Obubra	9	4.7	11	5.6
	Obudu	15	7.8	12	6.0
	Odukpani	3	1.8	4	2.0
	Ogoja	25	13.5	19	9.6
	Ugep	8	4.2	8	4.1
	Yala	20	10.5	21	10.6
Residence
	Urban	21	11.0	23	11.7
	Rural	170	89.0	174	88.3
Sex
	Male	120	62.8	109	55.3
	Female	71	37.2	88	44.7
Child’s age
	Mean (SD)	9.08	4.0	9.2	4.0
	Median (IQR)
	<9 years	98	51.3	114	57.9
	9 + years	93	48.7	83	42.1
GMFCS
	1	35	18.3	35	17.8
	2	80	41.9	76	38.6
	3	22	11.5	32	16.2
	4	30	15.7	24	12.2
	5	24	12.6	30	15.2
GMFCS
	Ambulatory	137	71.7	143	72.6
	Non-ambulatory	54	28.3	54	27.4
Anatomic
	Monoplegia	18	9.4	13	6.6
	Triplegia	26	13.6	21	10.7
	Diplegia	10	5.2	9	4.6
	Hemiplegia	70	36.6	80	40.6
	Tetraplegia	67	35.1	74	37.6
CP Type
	Spastic	137	71.7	134	68.0
	Ataxic	20	10.5	18	9.1
	Dystonic	10	5.2	8	4.1
	Unclassified	13	6.8	19	9.6
	Choreoathetoid	11	5.8	18	9.1
Visual acuity (Mirror Test)
	Normal	92	48.2	83	42.1
	Visual impairment	99	51.8	114	57.8
PVD(IQI)
	PVD	147	77	188	95.4
	No PVD	44	23	9	4.6
PVD(tests)
	PVD	86	48.6	91	51.4
	No PVD	105	51.4		48.6