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Autism Spectrum disorders (ASD) in South Asia: a systematic review
BACKGROUND: Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a group of complex neurodevelopmental disorders. The prevalence of ASD in many South Asian countries is still unknown. The aim of this study was to systematically review available epidemiological studies of ASD in this region to identify gaps in our cu...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5563911/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28826398 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-017-1440-x |
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author | Hossain, Mohammad Didar Ahmed, Helal Uddin Jalal Uddin, M M Chowdhury, Waziul Alam Iqbal, Mohd S Kabir, Razin Iqbal Chowdhury, Imran Ahmed Aftab, Afzal Datta, Pran Gopal Rabbani, Golam Hossain, Saima Wazed Sarker, Malabika |
author_facet | Hossain, Mohammad Didar Ahmed, Helal Uddin Jalal Uddin, M M Chowdhury, Waziul Alam Iqbal, Mohd S Kabir, Razin Iqbal Chowdhury, Imran Ahmed Aftab, Afzal Datta, Pran Gopal Rabbani, Golam Hossain, Saima Wazed Sarker, Malabika |
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description | BACKGROUND: Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a group of complex neurodevelopmental disorders. The prevalence of ASD in many South Asian countries is still unknown. The aim of this study was to systematically review available epidemiological studies of ASD in this region to identify gaps in our current knowledge. METHODS: We searched, collected and evaluated articles published between January 1962 and July 2016 which reported the prevalence of ASD in eight South Asian countries. The search was conducted in line with the PRISMA guidelines. RESULTS: We identified six articles from Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka which met our predefined inclusion criteria. The reported prevalence of ASD in South Asia ranged from 0.09% in India to 1.07% in Sri Lanka that indicates up to one in 93 children have ASD in this region. Alarmingly high prevalence (3%) was reported in Dhaka city. Study sample sizes ranged from 374 in Sri Lanka to 18,480 in India. The age range varied between 1 and 30 years. No studies were found which reported the prevalence of ASD in Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives and Afghanistan. This review identifies methodological differences in case definition, screening instruments and diagnostic criteria among reported three countries which make it very difficult to compare the studies. CONCLUSIONS: Our study is an attempt at understanding the scale of the problem and scarcity of information regarding ASD in the South Asia. This study will contribute to the evidence base needed to design further research and make policy decisions on addressing this issue in this region. Knowing the prevalence of ASD in South Asia is vital to ensure the effective allocation of resources and services. |
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spelling | pubmed-55639112017-08-23 Autism Spectrum disorders (ASD) in South Asia: a systematic review Hossain, Mohammad Didar Ahmed, Helal Uddin Jalal Uddin, M M Chowdhury, Waziul Alam Iqbal, Mohd S Kabir, Razin Iqbal Chowdhury, Imran Ahmed Aftab, Afzal Datta, Pran Gopal Rabbani, Golam Hossain, Saima Wazed Sarker, Malabika BMC Psychiatry Research Article BACKGROUND: Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a group of complex neurodevelopmental disorders. The prevalence of ASD in many South Asian countries is still unknown. The aim of this study was to systematically review available epidemiological studies of ASD in this region to identify gaps in our current knowledge. METHODS: We searched, collected and evaluated articles published between January 1962 and July 2016 which reported the prevalence of ASD in eight South Asian countries. The search was conducted in line with the PRISMA guidelines. RESULTS: We identified six articles from Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka which met our predefined inclusion criteria. The reported prevalence of ASD in South Asia ranged from 0.09% in India to 1.07% in Sri Lanka that indicates up to one in 93 children have ASD in this region. Alarmingly high prevalence (3%) was reported in Dhaka city. Study sample sizes ranged from 374 in Sri Lanka to 18,480 in India. The age range varied between 1 and 30 years. No studies were found which reported the prevalence of ASD in Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives and Afghanistan. This review identifies methodological differences in case definition, screening instruments and diagnostic criteria among reported three countries which make it very difficult to compare the studies. CONCLUSIONS: Our study is an attempt at understanding the scale of the problem and scarcity of information regarding ASD in the South Asia. This study will contribute to the evidence base needed to design further research and make policy decisions on addressing this issue in this region. Knowing the prevalence of ASD in South Asia is vital to ensure the effective allocation of resources and services. BioMed Central 2017-08-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5563911/ /pubmed/28826398 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-017-1440-x Text en © The Author(s). 2017 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Hossain, Mohammad Didar Ahmed, Helal Uddin Jalal Uddin, M M Chowdhury, Waziul Alam Iqbal, Mohd S Kabir, Razin Iqbal Chowdhury, Imran Ahmed Aftab, Afzal Datta, Pran Gopal Rabbani, Golam Hossain, Saima Wazed Sarker, Malabika Autism Spectrum disorders (ASD) in South Asia: a systematic review |
title | Autism Spectrum disorders (ASD) in South Asia: a systematic review |
title_full | Autism Spectrum disorders (ASD) in South Asia: a systematic review |
title_fullStr | Autism Spectrum disorders (ASD) in South Asia: a systematic review |
title_full_unstemmed | Autism Spectrum disorders (ASD) in South Asia: a systematic review |
title_short | Autism Spectrum disorders (ASD) in South Asia: a systematic review |
title_sort | autism spectrum disorders (asd) in south asia: a systematic review |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5563911/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28826398 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-017-1440-x |
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