Prevalence of developmental coordination disorder among mainstream school children in India.
To estimate the prevalence of DCD in children between ages of 6-15 years attending mainstream schools in a school district in southern India using criteria of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder, Fifth Edition (DSM-5).



A total of 2282 children, were screened with Kannada version of DCDQ'07. All the children who were identified as probable. DCD cases were defined by using inclusion (Criteria A, B and C) and exclusion criteria (D) of DSM-5 which are ascertained by specific tests.



Nineteen (0.8%) children were identified as DCD with girls (1.1%) affected more than boys (0.5%) at confidence interval of 95%.



The prevalence of DCD using DSM-5 criteria is found to be 0.8% in Southern India. Girls were twice affected than boys.
Department of Physiotherapy, School of Allied Health Sciences, Manipal University, Udupi, Karnataka, India.
Srilatha
S
Girish
JSS College of Physiotherapy, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Mysore, Karnataka, India.
Kavitha
K
Raja
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Udupi, Karnataka, India.
Asha
A
Kamath
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D019957:Motor Skills Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D015995:Prevalence; D017678:Sex Distribution
Motor skills disorders; diagnosis; health service; prevalence; school children