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Spatial distribution and clustering of the proportion of disabled individuals by districts in Punjab
- Source :
- Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, Vol 73, Iss 10 (2023)
- Publication Year :
- 2023
- Publisher :
- Pakistan Medical Association, 2023.
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Abstract
- Disabilities are globally endemic and will increase with population ageing and ubiquitous prevalence of noncommunicable diseases. The Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement survey conducted in 2019-20 is the only district-level representative survey that provides proportion of disabled individuals. The survey used a standardized and validated six-questions from the ‘Washington Group Questions’ that identify functional disabilities pertaining to difficulty in the domains of sight, hearing, walking/climbing steps, remembering/ concentrating, self-care (washing/dressing), and communicating/being understood. Disabilities were more common in men in both urban and rural areas of districts. Continue...
- Subjects :
- Medicine
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00309982
- Volume :
- 73
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.17c09909d49f49db99869a518f1807d7
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.23-71