Prevalence of Physically Disabled Students in Rural Community.
- Author:
Woo Sung JUNG
1
;
Jai Kyun HEO
;
Ki Sub CHOI
;
Si Bog PARK
;
Sang Gun LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Key-person method;
Census method;
Prevalence of physically disabled;
Community-based rehabilitation
- MeSH:
Censuses;
Cost-Benefit Analysis;
Surveys and Questionnaires;
Disabled Persons*;
Humans;
Prevalence*;
Rural Population*
- From:Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine
1999;23(3):650-653
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: To compare key-person method with census method on the prevalence of physically disabled students and to obtain the prevalence of the physically disabled students in rural community. METHOD: Total 4,890 students of 20 schools in Kyungaido province were surveyed in 1997. Two-thousands and twenty-two students of 8 schools were surveyed by a census method and 2,868 students of 12 schools by a key-person method. RESULTS: The prevalence of the physically disabled students in rural community was 0.53% of the population. The prevalence of the physically disabled students was 0.69% by a census method and 0.42% by a key-person method. This result suggests that there is no significant difference in the prevalence of physically disabled students between the two survey methods (p>0.05). CONCLUSION: A key-person method is as effective as a census method for prevalence survey of physically disabled students in rural communities because of cost effectiveness and less personnel.
