Intellectual Disability in Morocco: A Pilot Study.
Objective: Intellectual disability (ID) is a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by a congenital limitation in intellectual functioning and adaptive behaviour. Our present work aimed to describe the demographic and clinical characteristics in a series of Moroccan individuals with ID livin...
| Publicado en: | Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience Vol. 17; no. 10-12; pp. 9 - 14 |
|---|---|
| Autores principales: | , , , , , |
| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
| Publicado: |
Matrix Medical Communications, LLC
Oct/Nov2020
|
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=148057730&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 148057730 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 21588333 DAD5 jtl: Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience issn: 21588333 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Oct/Nov2020 vid: 17 iid: 10-12 pid: 33670 pub: Matrix Medical Communications, LLC place: West Chester, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 148057730 148057730 148057730 148057730 ppf: 9 ppct: 5 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Intellectual Disability in Morocco: A Pilot Study. aug: au: BENMAKHLOUF, YOUSRA ZIAN, ZEINEB MAKHLOUF, KAOUTAR BEN NOUROUTI, NAIMA GHAILANI BARAKAT, AMINA MECHITA, MOHCINE BENNANI affil: Biomedical Genomics and Oncogenetics Research Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques of Tangier, at Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Morocco, Tétouan, Morocco sug: subj: Intellectual Disability Psychosocial Factors Human Male Female Morocco Pilot Studies Prospective Studies Descriptive Research Exploratory Research Data Analysis Software Child, Preschool Child Adolescence Adult Language Disorders Anxiety Aggression Attention Hyperkinesis Seizures Consanguinity Child, Preschool: 2-5 years Child: 6-12 years Adolescent: 13-18 years Adult: 19-44 years Male Female ab: Objective: Intellectual disability (ID) is a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by a congenital limitation in intellectual functioning and adaptive behaviour. Our present work aimed to describe the demographic and clinical characteristics in a series of Moroccan individuals with ID living in Fez city and its regions. Design: It was a prospective and descriptive exploratory monocentric study carried out between October 2014 and July 2019. We selected 186 patients diagnosed with ID at three di_ erent centers in Fez city. The data were processed and analyzed using the IBM SPSS version 24. Results: Our data revealed a high frequency of male patients with ID (67.2% in male patients vs. 32.8% in female patients). The male-to-female ratio was 2.04. The mean age of our patients was 15.52 ±6.59 years (mean±SD), ranging between 2 and 36 years. The mean age of fathers and mothers at the birth of their child with ID was 36 and 28 years, respectively. Several abnormal behaviors were observed: 23.1 percent delayed language learning, 17.7 percent anxiety, 12.9 percent aggressiveness, 19.18 percent concentration problems, and 5.4 percent hyperactivity. Epileptic seizures were the most common mental health disorder (21.72%) observed in our patients. Approximately 25 percent of patients with epilepsy took antiepileptic and/or neuroleptics to prevent the occurrence of seizures. Conclusion: A significant correlation was observed between ID associated to genetic causes and the increase of consanguinity rate. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|