A Survey of the Prevalence of Physically Disabled in the Community: Comparison of a key-person method with the census method
Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine
;
: 1005-1012, 1998.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-723585
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To compare the efficiency of a key-person method with the census method on the prevalence of physically disabled.METHOD:
The residents of K-myeon, A-kyun, Kyungido were surveyed in May 1996 with a census method and of D-myeon in August 1997 with a key-person method. The enlisted people in this survey included 2563 persons in D-myeon and 2138 persons in K-myeon on Identification Number.RESULTS:
The prevalences of the physically disabled were 2.61% of the population in D-myeon and 5.00% in K-myeon (chi-square test P0.500). This result suggests that there is no meaningful difference in the prevalence of severely disabled between the two survey methods.CONCLUSION:
The key-person method is as effective as the census method to survey the prevalence of severely disabled in rural communities and requires a less cost and man power.
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Rural Population
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Prevalence
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Disabled Persons
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Censuses
Type of study:
Prevalence study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine
Year:
1998
Type:
Article
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