Prevalence of Psychiatric Morbidity in Visually Impaired Children.
Indian Pediatr
;
2011 Mar; 48(3): 225-227
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in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-168794
ABSTRACT
This study was done to measure psychiatric morbidity and associated sociodemographic variables among visually impaired children. 92 students of age range 6-20 years from four schools for the blind, in Ranchi, were screened with verbal Hindi translation of General Health Questionnaire-60. Diagnostic Interview Schedule – Parent version was applied to establish psychiatric diagnosis on primary caretakers of those who scored above cutoff. Fourteen scored above cutoff and psychiatric diagnoses of 8 children were established. The prevalence of psychiatric morbidity among visually impaired children was found to be 8.69%. No socio-demographic variable was associated with the occurrence of psychiatric illness.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Type of study:
Prevalence study
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Risk factors
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian Pediatr
Year:
2011
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