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The prevalence of mental retardation among third grade elementary school children in the Suwon area, Korea.

The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of mental retardation (MR) in Korea. The study population comprised 1,757 third-grade elementary school children residing in a single school district in Suwon, Korea. We conducted the total population survey for 1,537 children who attended one...

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Autores principales: Yim, Shin Young, Yu, Hyun Hee, Lee, Il Yung
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3054824/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11850595
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description The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of mental retardation (MR) in Korea. The study population comprised 1,757 third-grade elementary school children residing in a single school district in Suwon, Korea. We conducted the total population survey for 1,537 children who attended one of 5 schools in the district. For the remaining 220 children who did not attend a school in the school district, we found children with MR via inspection of the register list of the disabled. A total of 16 children (7 of the 1,537 children and 9 of the 220 children) were found to have MR, yielding a prevalence of MR of 9.1/1,000. Considering that about 60% of the people with disabilities are registered in Korea, there would be at least 6 unregistered children with MR among the 220 children, so that the prevalence of MR can be estimated at 12.5/1,000 for the Suwon area.
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spelling pubmed-30548242011-03-15 The prevalence of mental retardation among third grade elementary school children in the Suwon area, Korea. Yim, Shin Young Yu, Hyun Hee Lee, Il Yung J Korean Med Sci Research Article The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of mental retardation (MR) in Korea. The study population comprised 1,757 third-grade elementary school children residing in a single school district in Suwon, Korea. We conducted the total population survey for 1,537 children who attended one of 5 schools in the district. For the remaining 220 children who did not attend a school in the school district, we found children with MR via inspection of the register list of the disabled. A total of 16 children (7 of the 1,537 children and 9 of the 220 children) were found to have MR, yielding a prevalence of MR of 9.1/1,000. Considering that about 60% of the people with disabilities are registered in Korea, there would be at least 6 unregistered children with MR among the 220 children, so that the prevalence of MR can be estimated at 12.5/1,000 for the Suwon area. Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2002-02 /pmc/articles/PMC3054824/ /pubmed/11850595 Text en
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title The prevalence of mental retardation among third grade elementary school children in the Suwon area, Korea.
title_full The prevalence of mental retardation among third grade elementary school children in the Suwon area, Korea.
title_fullStr The prevalence of mental retardation among third grade elementary school children in the Suwon area, Korea.
title_full_unstemmed The prevalence of mental retardation among third grade elementary school children in the Suwon area, Korea.
title_short The prevalence of mental retardation among third grade elementary school children in the Suwon area, Korea.
title_sort prevalence of mental retardation among third grade elementary school children in the suwon area, korea.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3054824/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11850595
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