[Epidemiology of mental deficiency. The Safor study (II): age at detection, person making the diagnosis, medical studies].
As part of an epidemiological study on Mental Deficiency which was carried out in an area of the region of Valencia, a study has been made of the age when Mental Deficiency can be detected, who made this discovery, and which children have been the object of a medical study. 12% of the cases were detected at birth, 16% before the age of 3, 7% at 3, and 64% after the age of 4. In 16% of the cases the deficiency was detected by the family, in 20% of the cases a doctor and a psychologist in 62% of the cases. A medical study to discovered the causes of the Mental Deficiency was only carried out in 44% of the cases.
Tomás Vila
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Hospital Francesc de Borja de Gandía, Servicío de Pediatría, Valencia.
Paricio Talayero
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Colomer Revuelta
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Andrés Celma
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Moratal
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D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D011596:Psychomotor Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis
Epidemiología de la deficiencia mental. El estudio de la Safor (II): edad de detección, agente que lo detecta y estudio médico.