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Parents’ perceptions of morbidities and some functional abilities in people with down syndrome in Morocco
| العنوان: | Parents’ perceptions of morbidities and some functional abilities in people with down syndrome in Morocco |
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| المؤلفون: | Zahra Oulmane, Mohamed Cherkaoui, Rekia Belahsen, Mohamed Kamal Hilali, Nourdin Harich |
| المصدر: | Roczniki Panstwowego Zakladu Higieny, Vol 75, Iss 1, Pp 101-106 (2024) |
| بيانات النشر: | National Institute of Public Health - National Institute of Hygiene, 2024. |
| سنة النشر: | 2024 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Nutrition. Foods and food supply LCC:Industrial medicine. Industrial hygiene LCC:Public aspects of medicine |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | down syndrome, morbidity, functional abilities, morocco, Nutrition. Foods and food supply, TX341-641, Industrial medicine. Industrial hygiene, RC963-969, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270 |
| الوصف: | Objective. This study aimed to assess parental perceptions of morbidity and certain functional abilities in people with Down syndrome (DS) and their variability according to age and sex in Morocco. Material and Methods. A retrospective and analytical survey was conducted between May 2014 and November 2017, and addressed to the parents of 279 individuals with DS, including 161 boys (57.7%) aged 1-40 years. The sample was subdivised to tree age groups, children under 10 years old, adolescents aged 10-18 years and adults aged ≥ 18 years. Information about the identity of parents, age and sex of people with DS, their morbidity during the two years preceding the survey, and some functional abilities was collected. Data were entered and analyzed using the statistical program SPSS statistics software for Windows (version 20.0). Chi-square (χ2) test was used for testing statistical significance. Differences were considered significant when the p-value < 0.05. The multivariate analysis were used to identify the causes of morbidies independently associated with age and sex of child. Associations were measured in Odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (95% Cl). Results. The most common factors of morbidity registered in the study sample with DS, included respiratory infections, visual disturbances, oral pathologies, and cardiac problems (75.4%, 72.1%, 59.3%, and 44.9%, respectively). The hearing deficit, cardiac problems, respiratory infections, and oral pathologies showed statistically significant differences among the three age groups. According to the participants parents’ perceptions, half of them (50%) were able to walk at 30 months, talk at 72 months, sit at 16 months, crawl at 16 months and eat alone at 48 months old. Conclusion. People with DS at different ages present a set of potentially treatable diseases that require multidisciplinary medical monitoring. They also need early paramedical care to improve their functional abilities. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 0035-7715 2451-2311 |
| Relation: | http://wydawnictwa.pzh.gov.pl/roczniki_pzh/roczniki-pzh-artykuly?year=2024&subissue=1&perp=10&p=1&sort=asc; https://doaj.org/toc/0035-7715; https://doaj.org/toc/2451-2311 |
| DOI: | 10.32394/rpzh.2024.0286 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/38b00734760d4af3a7e15ce0c59d0207 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.38b00734760d4af3a7e15ce0c59d0207 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| تدمد: | 00357715 24512311 |
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| DOI: | 10.32394/rpzh.2024.0286 |