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Epidemiological characteristics of a sample of children with disability in Jordan
المؤلفون المشاركون
Abd al-Wahid, Nailah
Jabir, Muhammad Bassam
Aqqad, Samih S.
المصدر
Journal of the Royal Medical Services
العدد
المجلد 9، العدد 1 (30 يونيو/حزيران 2002)، ص ص. 33-35، 3ص.
الناشر
الخدمات الطبية الملكية الأردنية
تاريخ النشر
2002-06-30
دولة النشر
الأردن
عدد الصفحات
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التخصصات الرئيسية
الموضوعات
الملخص EN
Objective : To determine the most prevalent etiological factors of disabilities among children under 10 years of age at a handicap referral center in Jordan (center of early detection of handicapped).
Methods : This is a retrospective review of the records of 300 children under 10 years of age at a rehabilitation center in Amman performed from January 1998 - April 1998.
The data were collected from reviewing medical records followed by confirmatory telephone conservation and in person interview of families.
Results : The mean age of the study sample was seven years, but disabilities were more commonly observed among older children.
Sixty-five percent were males and 35 % were females.
Children from low-income status (below JD ISO) represented 57 % of the sample and single parent families 5 %, parental second-degree relatives accounted for 38 % of study sample.
It was found that 76 % of children and a single handicap, while 24 % of them had polyhandicap.
The results revealed different types of disabilities and etiology as follows: Mental retardation (57.7 %), due to : genetic (17.2 %), antenatal (16.5 %), peri-natal (38.5 %), postnatal (8.5 %) and unknown reasons (19.3%).
Limb paralysis (12%), deafness (2.7%) and blindness (1.3%) were less common.
Conclusion : The most common disability was found to be mental retardation, which is consistent with other international studies.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Abd al-Wahid, Nailah& Jabir, Muhammad Bassam& Aqqad, Samih S.. 2002. Epidemiological characteristics of a sample of children with disability in Jordan. Journal of the Royal Medical Services،Vol. 9, no. 1, pp.33-35.
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نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Abd al-Wahid, Nailah…[et al.]. Epidemiological characteristics of a sample of children with disability in Jordan. Journal of the Royal Medical Services Vol. 9, no. 1 (Jun. 2002), pp.33-35.
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نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Abd al-Wahid, Nailah& Jabir, Muhammad Bassam& Aqqad, Samih S.. Epidemiological characteristics of a sample of children with disability in Jordan. Journal of the Royal Medical Services. 2002. Vol. 9, no. 1, pp.33-35.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-129460
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references : p. 35
رقم السجل
BIM-129460
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