Al Salloum Abdullah A, El Mouzan Mohammad I, Al Omar Ahmad A, Al Herbish Abdullah S, Qurashi Mansour M
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
J Child Neurol. 2011 Jan;26(1):21-4. doi: 10.1177/0883073810371510.
There are limited data on the pattern and prevalence of pediatric chronic neurologic conditions in the region. Therefore, the objective of this study was to establish the prevalence of these disorders in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A multistage probability sampling design was used to select a random sample of Saudi households representative of the Saudi population. A total of 45 682 Saudi children were screened. Of these children, 313 had a chronic major neurologic disorder indicating a prevalence of 68.5 per 10 000 children, which was the highest among all chronic diseases in children. Mental retardation and cerebral palsy were the most common neurologic disorders among Saudi children with a prevalence rate of 26.3/10 000 and 23.4/10 000, respectively. The finding that major neurologic disorders are the most common pediatric chronic disorders in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia indicates that priority should be given to research and education as well as health care planning.
关于该地区儿童慢性神经疾病的模式和患病率的数据有限。因此，本研究的目的是确定沙特阿拉伯王国这些疾病的患病率。采用多阶段概率抽样设计，选取代表沙特人口的沙特家庭随机样本。共筛查了45682名沙特儿童。在这些儿童中，313名患有慢性重大神经疾病，患病率为每10000名儿童中有68.5名，这是儿童所有慢性疾病中患病率最高的。智力迟钝和脑瘫是沙特儿童中最常见的神经疾病，患病率分别为26.3/10000和23.4/10000。重大神经疾病是沙特阿拉伯王国最常见的儿童慢性疾病这一发现表明，应优先开展研究、教育以及医疗保健规划。
