Functional difficulty among children in Malaysia - findings from the National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2019.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Data on child functioning and disability are important for public policy development which aimed at reducing child disability prevalence and strengthening the provision of appropriate and timely health care services. This study reports the prevalence of functional difficulty in Malaysian children aged 2-17 years and its associated sociodemographic factors and epilepsy.

Methods

Data on children aged 2-17 years (n = 4576) were generated from the National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2019, a population-based cross-sectional survey. Functional difficulty in children was assessed using the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)/Washington Group on Disability Statistics (WG) Child Functioning Module (CFM). The questionnaires were administered to the parents or

SUBMITTER: Sahril N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11536943 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature