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.
Ammal M MetwallyAli M AbdallahEbtissam M Salah El-DinZeinab KhadrEhab R Abdel RaoufNahed A ElghareebRehan M SalehManal H AbuelelaHala A AmerHasanin M HasaninMohamed A Abdel MawlaSara F SallamInas R El-AlameeySamia M SamiGhada A Abdel-LatifMohamed AbdelrahmanManal A ShehataPublished in: Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health (2022)
The detected prevalence of DDs is within the estimated range of prevalence of DDs for the pediatric population. The majority of the detected risk factors are preventable. Developmental screening is recommended to be implemented in all primary care settings as a routine practice.