Population profiles associated with severe functional difficulties and disability among 5-17 years-old children in México

• Autores: Ariela Braverman Bronstein, Tonatiuh Barrientos Gutiérrez, Filipa de Castro, Eduardo Lazcano-Ponce, Rosalba Rojas, Vicente Terán
• Localización: Salud pública de México, ISSN-e 1606-7916, ISSN 0036-3634, Vol. 59, Nº. Extra 4, 2017 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Discapacidad: las múltiples dimensiones), págs. 370-379
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Objectives. To report the prevalence of severe functional difficulties and disability (SFD) in a nationally representative sample of children ages 5 to 17 in Mexico, to identify factors associated with SFD, and population profiles predictive of SFD. Materials and methods. Using data from theNational Survey on Children and Women we estimated prevalence and 95% confidence intervals of SFD and risk factors. We fitted bivariate and multivariate logistic regression models. We then examined which combinations of the sociodemographic factors best predicted SFD. Results. The prevalence of SFD was 11.2%. The most prevalent SFD were on the socioemotional dimension (8.3%). The associated risk factors in the three dimensions were: living in a poor household, being a boy, having a mother with basic education or less, and non-indigenous background or living in an urban area. Conclusions. Identifying groups of the population at higher risk for SFD provides useful information for targeted intervention implementation.