PREVALENCE OF DIFFERENT DISABILITIES AMONG OUTDOOR PATIENTS
| Main Authors: | DR. NAJAM-UL-SEHAR JAVED, DR. MARYUM NAVEED, DR. ALI HAIDER RAZA |
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| Format: | Article Journal |
| Terbitan: |
, 2020
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/4392745 |
Daftar Isi:
- A disability is any condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain activities or interact with the world around them. These conditions, or impairments, may be cognitive, developmental, intellectual, mental, physical, sensory, or a combination of multiple factors. Impairments causing disability may be present from birth or occur during a person's lifetime. This cross-sectional study was conducted among patients presenting in outdoor departments of different hospitals. Name, age, gender, presence along with its type or absence of any kind of disability were noted on a predefined proforma. All the data was entered and analyzed with SPSS Ver. 23.0. There were 70 patients included in this study. There were 35 males (50%) and 35 females (40%). The mean age of the patients was 30.19±5.23 years. Out of 70 patients, only 13 had different kind of disabilities i.e., using wheel chair, deafness, blindness, amputated hands etc.