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Study of socio-demographic and morbidity profile of physically challenged children attending special primary schools in an urban city

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  • Indian Journal of Basic & Applied Medical Research

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  • 2014

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Context: Social model of disability conceptualizes disability as arising from the interaction of a person‘s functional status with the physical, cultural, and policy environments. The present study was carried out to study the sociodemographic and morbidity profile of physically challenged children attending special primary schools in an urban city. Materials and methods: A cross -sectional study was carried out during the period of June 2009 to May 2010. A total of 301 children were included in the study by universal sampling method. A preformed systematic questionnaire was used as a tool for interviewing the participant. Data was analyzed in the form of percentage and proportions. Results: In the present study, 210 (69.8%) children were males and 91 (30.2%) were females. Majority 215 (71.4%) children belonged to Hindu religion. About 62.8% of children were taken treatment in government hospital. Majority 256 (85.1%) children had received complete routine immunisation. The common illnesses were cough 46 (13.4%) and common cold 45 (13%). There were 37 (10.7%) children who had a complaint of fever. There were 178 (59.1%) children with caries teeth. Anaemia was found in 30 (9.9%) children. Conclusion: As study revealed that large proportion of children’s suffered from symptomatic morbidities mainly of teeth, respiratory, gastrointestinal and skin.
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