Srilatha Girish1, Kavitha Raja2, Asha Kamath3. 1. Department of Physiotherapy, School of Allied Health Sciences, Manipal University, Udupi, Karnataka, India. 2. JSS College of Physiotherapy, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Mysore, Karnataka, India. 3. Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Udupi, Karnataka, India.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of DCD in children between ages of 6-15 years attending mainstream schools in a school district in southern India using criteria of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder, Fifth Edition (DSM-5). METHODS: A total of 2282 children, were screened with Kannada version of DCDQ'07. All the children who were identified as probable. DCD cases were defined by using inclusion (Criteria A, B and C) and exclusion criteria (D) of DSM-5 which are ascertained by specific tests. RESULTS: Nineteen (0.8%) children were identified as DCD with girls (1.1%) affected more than boys (0.5%) at confidence interval of 95%. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of DCD using DSM-5 criteria is found to be 0.8% in Southern India. Girls were twice affected than boys.
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of DCD in children between ages of 6-15 years attending mainstream schools in a school district in southern India using criteria of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder, Fifth Edition (DSM-5). METHODS: A total of 2282 children, were screened with Kannada version of DCDQ'07. All the children who were identified as probable. DCD cases were defined by using inclusion (Criteria A, B and C) and exclusion criteria (D) of DSM-5 which are ascertained by specific tests. RESULTS: Nineteen (0.8%) children were identified as DCD with girls (1.1%) affected more than boys (0.5%) at confidence interval of 95%. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of DCD using DSM-5 criteria is found to be 0.8% in Southern India. Girls were twice affected than boys.
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Keywords:
Motor skills disorders; diagnosis; health service; prevalence; school children
Authors: Rainer Blank; Anna L Barnett; John Cairney; Dido Green; Amanda Kirby; Helene Polatajko; Sara Rosenblum; Bouwien Smits-Engelsman; David Sugden; Peter Wilson; Sabine Vinçon Journal: Dev Med Child Neurol Date: 2019-01-22 Impact factor: 5.449