Definitions of severely mentally and physically disabled children in Japan: Do the differences affect the prevalence rates of these children?
| Autor: | Etsuko Takaesu, Tomiko Hokama, Satoshi Ohshiro, Kiyotake Hirayama, Kyoko Kamiya, Satoshi Nakasone, Yukikatsu Nakada |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Injury control Accident prevention Prevalence Poison control Affect (psychology) Occupational safety and health Disability Evaluation Bias Japan Intellectual Disability Injury prevention medicine Humans Disabled Persons Child business.industry Incidence Cross-Sectional Studies Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female Christian ministry business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Pediatrics International. 38:229-232 |
| ISSN: | 1328-8067 |
| Popis: | The prevalence rate of severely mentally and physically disabled children (SDC) aged 6-15 years in Okinawa prefecture on 1 May 1989 was 0.74/1000 (143/192,038) according to Oshima's classification, compared with 0.89/1000 (170/192,038) according to the Ministry of Education's classification with minor modifications. The number of children in region classes 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Oshima's classification for SDC were 100, 34, 6 and 3, respectively. The difference (n = 27) between the total numbers of SDC according to the two classifications was mainly because of 21 children categorized as "walking with support' who were included as SDC according to the Ministry of Education's classification but not as SDC according to Oshima's classification. Only region class 1 of Oshima's classification corresponded with region class 25 of the Ministry of Education's classification. The results of the present study indicate that the differences between the two definitions of SDC affect the reported prevalence rates of SDC. Therefore, changing patterns in the prevalence of SDC should be assessed by serial surveys using the same method in each district. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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