Prevalence of functioning difficulties and disability in Mexican adolescent women and their populational characteristics

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contents Prevalence of functioning difficulties and disability in Mexican adolescent women and their populational characteristics Betania Allen-Leigh Celia Hubert Filipa de Castro Aremis Villalobos Rosalba Rojas Martín Romero Tonatiuh Barrientos-Gutiérrez Gregorio Katz Eduardo Lazcano-Ponce Salud women Mexico Adolescent disability Objective . Report prevalence of functioning difficulties and disabilities among Mexican adolescent women 15-17 years old and identify differences in characteristics of those with and without a functioning difficulty or disability Materials and methods . Using data from the National Survey of Boys, Girls and Women in Mexico 2015 we estimated prevalence of functioning difficulties and disability and used chi square tests for independence and logistic regression to explore associations between this condition and various character - istics. Results . Of Mexican adolescent women 15-17 years old, 11.1% had a functioning difficulty or disability. The group of domains of functioning difficulty and disability with by far the highest prevalence was socio-emotional and behavioral functioning difficulties or disability with 8.6%. Being employed, rural residence and self-reported depression symptoms were associated with having functioning difficulties or disability. Conclusions . This survey constitutes an important initial step in collecting data on functioning difficulty and disability in Mexico although larger samples should be studied. 2017 artículo científico 0036-3634 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=10653300007 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=106 Salud Pública de México application/pdf Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública Salud Pública de México (México) Num.4 Vol.59
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publisher Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública
spellingShingle Prevalence of functioning difficulties and disability in Mexican adolescent women and their populational characteristics
Betania Allen-Leigh
Salud
women
Mexico
Adolescent
disability
Prevalence of functioning difficulties and disability in Mexican adolescent women and their populational characteristics Betania Allen-Leigh Celia Hubert Filipa de Castro Aremis Villalobos Rosalba Rojas Martín Romero Tonatiuh Barrientos-Gutiérrez Gregorio Katz Eduardo Lazcano-Ponce Salud women Mexico Adolescent disability Objective . Report prevalence of functioning difficulties and disabilities among Mexican adolescent women 15-17 years old and identify differences in characteristics of those with and without a functioning difficulty or disability Materials and methods . Using data from the National Survey of Boys, Girls and Women in Mexico 2015 we estimated prevalence of functioning difficulties and disability and used chi square tests for independence and logistic regression to explore associations between this condition and various character - istics. Results . Of Mexican adolescent women 15-17 years old, 11.1% had a functioning difficulty or disability. The group of domains of functioning difficulty and disability with by far the highest prevalence was socio-emotional and behavioral functioning difficulties or disability with 8.6%. Being employed, rural residence and self-reported depression symptoms were associated with having functioning difficulties or disability. Conclusions . This survey constitutes an important initial step in collecting data on functioning difficulty and disability in Mexico although larger samples should be studied. 2017 artículo científico 0036-3634 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=10653300007 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=106 Salud Pública de México application/pdf Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública Salud Pública de México (México) Num.4 Vol.59
title Prevalence of functioning difficulties and disability in Mexican adolescent women and their populational characteristics
topic Salud
women
Mexico
Adolescent
disability
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=10653300007