학술논문
Neurodevelopmental disorders in children aged 2-9 years: Population-based burden estimates across five regions in India
Document Type
Report
Author
Arora, Narendra K.; Nair, M. K. C.; Gulati, Sheffali; Deshmukh, Vaishali; Mohapatra, Archisman; Mishra, Devendra; Patel, Vikram; Pandey, Ravindra M.; Das, Bhagabati C.; Divan, Gauri; Murthy, G. V. S.; Sharma, Thakur D.; Sapra, Savita; Aneja, Satinder; Juneja, Monica; Reddy, Sunanda K.; Suman, Praveen; Mukherjee, Sharmila B.; Dasgupta, Rajib; Tudu, Poma; Das, Manoja K.; Bhutani, Vinod K.; Durkin, Maureen S.; Pinto-Martin, Jennifer; Silberberg, Donald H.; Sagar, Rajesh; Ahmed, Faruqueuddin; Babu, Nandita; Bavdekar, Sandeep; Chandra, Vijay; Chaudhuri, Zia; Dada, Tanuj; Dass, Rashna; Gourie-Devi, M.; Remadevi, S.; Gupta, Jagdish C.; Handa, Kumud K.; Kalra, Veena; Karande, Sunil; Konanki, Ramesh; Kulkarni, Madhuri; Kumar, Rashmi; Maria, Arti; Masoodi, Muneer A.; Mehta, Manju; Mohanty, Santosh Kumar; Nair, Harikumaran; Natarajan, Poonam; Niswade, A. K.; Prasad, Atul; Rai, Sanjay K.; Russell, Paul S. S.; Saxena, Rohit; Sharma, Shobha; Singh, Arun K.; Singh, Gautam B.; Sumaraj, Leena; Suresh, Saradha; Thakar, Alok; Parthasarathy, Sujatha; Vyas, Bhadresh; Panigrahi, Ansuman; Saroch, Munish K.; Shukla, Rajan; Rao, K. V. Raghava; Silveira, Maria P.; Singh, Samiksha; Vajaratkar, Vivek
Source
PLoS Medicine. July 24, 2018, Vol. 15 Issue 7, e1002615
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
1549-1277
Abstract
Background Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) compromise the development and attainment of full social and economic potential at individual, family, community, and country levels. Paucity of data on NDDs slows down policy and programmatic action in most developing countries despite perceived high burden. Methods and findings We assessed 3,964 children (with almost equal number of boys and girls distributed in 2- Conclusions The study identifies NDDs in children aged 2-9 years as a significant public health burden for India. HI was higher than and ASD prevalence comparable to the published global literature. Most risk factors of NDDs were modifiable and amenable to public health interventions.
Author(s): Narendra K. Arora 1,*, M. K. C. Nair 2, Sheffali Gulati 3, Vaishali Deshmukh 1, Archisman Mohapatra 1, Devendra Mishra 4, Vikram Patel 5,6, Ravindra M. Pandey 7, Bhagabati [...]
Author(s): Narendra K. Arora 1,*, M. K. C. Nair 2, Sheffali Gulati 3, Vaishali Deshmukh 1, Archisman Mohapatra 1, Devendra Mishra 4, Vikram Patel 5,6, Ravindra M. Pandey 7, Bhagabati [...]