Chavan Bir Singh, Sharma Nitasha, Singh Karuna
Department of Psychiatry, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India.
Ind Psychiatry J. 2019 Jul-Dec;28(2):218-224. doi: 10.4103/ipj.ipj_59_20. Epub 2020 Aug 14.
The robust and sound national statistics on disability is the cornerstone for empowering the disabled population to have a barrier-free and right-based society for this population. The disability rates in India have marked discrepancies across various surveys. Taking into account the lack of data on disability in Chandigarh in terms of the proportion of disabled not included or counted owing to nonavailability of disability certificate or just lack of awareness as well as lack of data on the degree of utilization of various disability benefits, the present survey was planned.
The present study aimed at screening all the households of Chandigarh for different forms of disability using a 12-item screening tool. The survey included 254, 436 households with 925,380 population. A total of 8577 persons were screened positive for disability. The prevalence rates for the whole population were extrapolated by further confirming disability in a random sample chosen from screen-positive cases.
The estimated prevalence for disability in Chandigarh ranged between 0.83 and 0.86 after generating the confidence intervals.
The prevalence rate of disability in Chandigarh is less than the national census data.
健全完善的国家残疾统计数据是使残疾人群体拥有一个无障碍且基于权利的社会的基石。印度不同调查中的残疾率存在显著差异。鉴于昌迪加尔缺乏残疾数据，这表现为因没有残疾证明或仅仅是缺乏认知而未被纳入统计或计数的残疾人群体比例，以及各种残疾福利的利用程度数据，故而开展了本次调查。
本研究旨在使用一个包含12个条目的筛查工具，对昌迪加尔的所有家庭进行不同形式残疾的筛查。该调查涵盖了254,436户家庭，人口达925,380人。共有8577人筛查出残疾呈阳性。通过从筛查呈阳性的病例中随机抽取样本进一步确认残疾情况，从而推算出整个人口的患病率。
在生成置信区间后，昌迪加尔残疾的估计患病率在0.83至0.86之间。
昌迪加尔的残疾患病率低于全国人口普查数据。
