Study on the Medical Rehabilitation and Related Fa...
Public Health College of Beijing UniversityLiu Chuang Liu Min
China Disabled Persons' FederationBo Shaoye Wang Zhijiang
［Abstract］Objective To explore the medical rehabilitation condition of disabled children aged 0～18 in Guangzhou and Dongying city and its related factors.Methods A census was carried among disabled children aged 0～18 in Guangzhou and Dongying city.Using a self－designed questionnaire，face to face interviews were taken to collect the basic information，the condition of rehabilitation form and support appliances.Results The proportion of disabled children that are having medical rehabilitation is 57.9% ( 1053 out of 1872) .The proportion among different types of disabled children are hearing disability 63.3%，speech disability 69.0%，visual disability 54.3%，intellectual disability 60.9%，physical disability 57.2%，psychiatric disability 50.0%，multiple disability 54.7%.The rate of rehabilitation form are home rehabilitation 57.5% ( 606)，medical service 36.7% ( 386)，rehabilitation agency 18.9% ( 199)，community rehabilitation centers 10.5% ( 111) and others 6.6% ( 69) .Age，household nature，income of households and the social assistances are the infect factors of medical rehabilitation among disabled children.Conclusion The condition of medical rehabilitation are bad，the proportion of disabled who are having medical rehabilitation is low.In order to make more disabled children have medical rehabilitation，we should build better medical facilities in rural area，improve the income level of disabled family and offer them social assistant.(https://www.daowen.com)
［Key words］Disabled children; Medical rehabilitation; Condition; Related factors