Amiri Masoud, Kelishadi Roya, Motlagh Mohammad E, Taslimi Mahnaz, Taheri Majzoubeh, Ardalan Gelayol, Poursafa Parinaz
Social Health Determinants Research Center and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran.
J Res Med Sci. 2012 Jul;17(7):596-601.
To assess the national prevalence of clinical disorders in 6-year-old Iranian children before school entry using a national health assessment survey.
In a cross-sectional nationwide survey, all Iranian children entering public and private elementary schools were asked to participate in a mandatory national screening program in Iran in 2009 in two levels of screening and diagnostic levels.
The study population consisted of 955388 children (48.5% girls and 76.1% urban). Of the whole children, 3.1% of the 6-year-old children had impaired vision. In addition, 1.2, 1.8, 1.4, 10, 10.9, 56.7, 0.7, 0.8 and 0.6% had color blindness, hearing impaired, speech disorder, height to age retardation, body mass index extremes, decayed teeth, having disease with special needs, spinal disorders, and hypertension, respectively. The distribution of these disorders was unequally distributed across provinces.
Our results confirmed that the prevalence of clinical disorders among 6-year-old children across Iranian provinces was not similar. The observed burden of these distributions among young children needs a comprehensive national policy with evidence-based province programs to identify the reason for different distribution among provinces.
通过一项全国健康评估调查，评估伊朗6岁儿童入学前临床疾病的全国患病率。
在一项全国性横断面调查中，所有进入公立和私立小学的伊朗儿童被要求参加2009年伊朗的一项强制性全国筛查项目，该项目分为筛查和诊断两个级别。
研究人群包括955388名儿童（48.5%为女孩，76.1%为城市儿童）。在所有儿童中，6岁儿童中有3.1%视力受损。此外，分别有1.2%、1.8%、1.4%、10%、10.9%、56.7%、0.7%、0.8%和0.6%的儿童患有色盲、听力障碍、言语障碍、身高低于年龄标准、体重指数异常、龋齿、有特殊需求疾病、脊柱疾病和高血压。这些疾病的分布在各省之间不均衡。
我们的结果证实，伊朗各省6岁儿童临床疾病的患病率并不相似。在幼儿中观察到的这些疾病分布负担需要一项全面的国家政策以及基于证据的省级项目，以查明各省之间不同分布的原因。
