A study of sociodemographic factors in relation to degree of mental retardation among children in urban tertiary care hospital.

Dr. Aftab A. Siddiqui; Dr. Mandar Sadawarte; Dr. Deepika Nandanwar

Volume : VII, Issue : V, May - 2017

A study of sociodemographic factors in relation to degree of mental retardation among children in urban tertiary care hospital.

Dr. Aftab A. Siddiqui, Dr. Mandar Sadawarte, Dr. Deepika Nandanwar

Abstract :

Context: Unavailability of cure for mental retardation necessitates the importance of its prevention. Asserting multiple predisposing factors is imperative for early interventions as well as counselling done based on aetiological factors. Aim: To assess and compare predisposing factors with degree of mental retardation in children at Tertiary Care Hospital. Material & methods: A total of 258 children upto 12 years of age identified as cases of developmental disability by the team were included using non–randomized sampling technique in the study. Results & Conclusion: Most of the mentally retarded children were males from nuclear families with low Socio–Economic status & belonged to 0–3 years of age group. Family History of MR, Epilepsy and congenital Defects was found in 22.64% cases of Serious Retardation along with birth weight less than 2000 gm. 30.2% mothers of Seriously Retarded children had History of Spontaneous Abortion and Still births.