A national prevalence and profile of single and multiple developmental delays among children aged from 1 year up to 12 years: an Egyptian community-based study

• Main Authors: Ammal M. Metwally (Author), Ali M. Abdallah (Author), Ebtissam M. Salah El-Din (Author), Zeinab Khadr (Author), Ehab R. Abdel Raouf (Author), Nahed A. Elghareeb (Author), Rehan M. Saleh (Author), Manal H. Abuelela (Author), Hala A. Amer (Author), Hasanin M. Hasanin (Author), Mohamed A. Abdel Mawla (Author), Sara F. Sallam (Author), Inas R. El-Alameey (Author), Samia M. Sami (Author), Ghada A. Abdel-Latif (Author), Mohamed Abdelrahman (Author), Manal A. Shehata (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Objective This study aimed at providing a national prevalence of single and multiple developmental delays (DDs) among 41,640 Egyptian children aged 1 to 12 years and exploring DDs' associated risk and protective factors. Methods A national household survey from eight governorates of Eg...