Towards improving care in cerebral palsy.
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Biomedical subjects
F Akhdar
Publications and source records attributed to F Akhdar.
Causes and effects of road traffic accidents in Saudi Arabia.
In Saudi Arabia the motor vehicle is the main means of transportation. Between 1971 and 1997; 564,762 people died or were injured in road traffic accidents, a figure equivalent to 3.5% of the total population in Saudi Arabia. During this period 66,914 people have died on the roads in Saudi Arabia due to road accidents, amounting to one person killed and four injured every hour. Over 65% of accidents occur because of vehicles travelling at excess speed and/or drivers disobeying traffic signals. Of deaths in Ministry of Health hospitals, 81% are due to road traffic accidents and 20% of their beds are occupied by traffic accidents victims. Also, 79.2% of patients admitted to Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital with spinal injuries has sustained their injuries as a result of a motor vehicle accident. We recommend compulsory use of safety seat belts in vehicles and the setting up of a new database to collect, store and analyse information relating to the road traffic accidents.
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Recognizing child disability.
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Prevalence of child disability in Saudi Arabia.
A large scale prevalence study for child disability of those under 15 years was conducted in a representative Saudi population with accurate demographic records. A 83% response rate in children of six to 15 years (1280 out of 1544 children registered) of age and a 100% response rate in children under five years (all the 1151 registered) was achieved. Thirty one children had severe impairment and 322 had minor impairment. This accounted for 3.76 per 1000 total population with major impairment and 42.8 per 1000 total for minor impairment.
Adolescent↗