Ammal M Metwally, Ebtissam M Salah El-Din, Ghada A Abdel-Latif, Dina A Nagi, Lobna A El Etreby, Ali M Abdallah, Zeinab Khadr, Randa I Bassiouni, Ehab R Abdel Raouf, Amal Elsaied, Alshaimaa A Elkhatib, Sara F Sallam, Marwa M El-Sonbaty, Manal A Shehata, Nahed A Elghareeb, Hala Y Badawy, Doaa E Ahmed, Nihad A Ibrahim, Hanaa Emam, Soha M Abd El Dayem, Asmaa M Fathy
AIM: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of disability domains among Egyptian children in the age group of 6-12 years as well as assess their socio-demographic, epidemiological, and perinatal predictors. METHODS: A national population-based cross-sectional household survey targeting 20,324 children from eight governorates was conducted. The screening questionnaire was derived from the WHO ten-question survey tool validated for the identification of disabilities...
August 22, 2023: BMC Public Health