Neurodevelopmental disorders in children aged 2-9 years: Population-based burden estimates across five regions in India.
Narendra Kumar AroraM K C NairSheffali GulatiVaishali DeshmukhArchisman MohapatraDevendra MishraVikram PatelRavindra M PandeyBhagabati C DasGauri DivanG V S MurthyThakur D SharmaSavita SapraSatinder AnejaMonica JunejaSunanda K ReddyPraveen SumanSharmila Banerjee MukherjeeRajib DasguptaPoma TuduManoja Kumar DasVinod K BhutaniMaureen S DurkinJennifer Pinto-MartinDonald H SilberbergRajesh SagarFaruqueuddin AhmedNandita BabuSandeep BavdekarVijay ChandraZia ChaudhuriTanuj DadaRashna Dass HazarikaM Gourie-DeviS RemadeviJagdish C GuptaKumud K HandaVeena KalraSunil KarandeRamesh KonankiMadhuri KulkarniRashmi KumarArti MariaMuneer A MasoodiManju MehtaSantosh Kumar MohantyHarikumaran NairPoonam NatarajanA K NiswadeAtul PrasadSanjay K RaiPaul S S RussellRohit SaxenaShobha SharmaArun K SinghGautam B SinghLeena SumarajSaradha SureshAlok ThakarSujatha ParthasarathyBhadresh VyasAnsuman PanigrahiMunish K SarochRajan ShuklaK V Raghava RaoMaria P SilveiraSamiksha SinghVivek VajaratkarPublished in: PLoS medicine (2018)
The study identifies NDDs in children aged 2-9 years as a significant public health burden for India. HI was higher than and ASD prevalence comparable to the published global literature. Most risk factors of NDDs were modifiable and amenable to public health interventions.