Quality of life and determinants among children with dyslexia in China
10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2019.08.004
- VernacularTitle:汉语阅读障碍儿童生活质量及影响因素研究
- Author:
ZHU Bing，YANG Haifei，SHI Wenying，LIU Hui，XUE Qi， MENG Heng，SONG Ranran
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Author Information
1. Institue of Nutrition and Food Safety,Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou(310021)，China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Dyslexia;
Quality of life;
Mental health;
Child
- From:
Chinese Journal of School Health
2019;40(8):1134-1136
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To examine the Quality of life among school-aged children with dyslexia in target city and to provide scientific evidence for improving the quality of life of children with dyslexia.
Methods:By using cluster sampling,students from grade 3 to grade 6 from 6 primary schools in a middle-sized were selected and administered with questionnaire survey. According to the criteria of dyslexia, dyslexic children and non-dyslexic children were identified and the difference of the Quality of Life was compared.
Results:Totally 3 673 children were collected, and 119 of them were identified as dyslexia(3.24%).The prevalence of dyslexia differed by gender,grades,educational level of parents(χ2=24.77,11.75,18.50,9.79,P<0.05). The Quality of Life which below the average proportion accounted for 30.3% of dyslexic children and 16.7% of normal children. Quality of life scored signiticantly different between dyslexic children and non-dyslexia children, including psychosocial functioning domain(134.54±30.88)(143.49±32.53), physical and mental health domain(2.71±0.84)(2.92±0.81) vs (2.83±0.90)(3.06±0.87), the living satisfaction domain(2.95±0.87)(3.14±0.87)(t=-6.09，-5.48，-5.44，-4.50，P<0.01),with dyslexic group significantly lower than that of non-dyslexic group.
Conclusion:The Quality of Life of Dyslexic children was in a poor condition.
