Al-Hazmy M B, Al Sweilan B, Al-Moussa N B
Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
East Mediterr Health J. 2004 Jul-Sep;10(4-5):502-21.
We determined the prevalence, distribution and determinants of handicap among children in Saudi Arabia. A field survey was carried out from 1417 to 1420 AH (1997-2000 AD) of 60 630 children under 16 years selected from all regions of the country. Information was collected by questionnaire for all children and those with a handicap, or suspected of having a handicap, were referred for confirmatory diagnosis. Of the total sample, 3838 (6.33%) were recorded as handicapped. The region with the highest proportion of handicapped children was Jazan (9.90%); Riyadh had the lowest (4.36%). Motor disability was the commonest kind of handicap (3.0% of the total sample), followed by learning disability (1.8%). The highest proportion of disability was found among children with handicapped parents, those whose mothers were older at the time of their birth and those whose mothers had not had medical care and necessary vaccination during pregnancy.
我们确定了沙特阿拉伯儿童残疾的患病率、分布情况及决定因素。在公元1997 - 2000年（回历1417 - 1420年）期间，对从该国所有地区选取的60630名16岁以下儿童进行了实地调查。通过问卷收集了所有儿童的信息，那些有残疾或疑似有残疾的儿童被送去进行确诊。在总样本中，有3838名（6.33%）被记录为残疾。残疾儿童比例最高的地区是吉赞（9.90%）；利雅得最低（4.36%）。运动残疾是最常见的残疾类型（占总样本的3.0%），其次是学习残疾（1.8%）。在父母有残疾的儿童、母亲在其出生时年龄较大的儿童以及母亲在孕期未接受医疗护理和必要疫苗接种的儿童中，残疾比例最高。
