Ziyong Sun|Li Zou|Jiajia Zhang|Mo Shengnan|Shuai Shao|Rong Zhong|Juntao Ke|Xuzai Lu|Xiaoping Miao|Ranran Song
Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Dyslexic Children in a Middle-Sized City of China: A Cross-Sectional Study
Huazhong University of Science and Technology|Huazhong University of Science and Technology|University of South Carolina|Wuhan University|Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University|Huazhong University of Science and Technology|Huazhong University of Science and Technology|Huazhong University of Science and Technology|Huazhong University of Science and Technology|Huazhong University of Science and Technology|Huazhong University of Science and Technology
background many discussions dyslexia based studies conducted western countries risk factors dyslexia gender home literacy environment widely accepted based studies however knowledge studies focusing risk factors dyslexia china therefore aim study investigate prevalence dyslexia potential risk factors methods crosssectional study conducted qianjiang city hubei province china two stages sampling strategy applied randomly selected 5 districts 9 primary schools qianjiang total 6350 students participated study 5063 valid student questionnaires obtained final analyses additional questionnaires dyslexia checklist chinese children pupil rating scale used identify dyslexic children chisquare test multivariate logistic regression employed reveal potential risk factors dyslexia results study revealed prevalence dyslexia 39 qianjiang city middlesized city china among dyslexic children gender ratio boys girls nearly 31 according pvalue multivariate logistic regression gender p001 mothers education level p001 learning habits p001 active learning scheduled reading time associated dyslexia conclusion prevalence rate dyslexic children middlesized cities 39 potential risk factors dyslexic children revealed study great impact detecting treating dyslexic children china early possible although studies still needed investigate risk factors dyslexic children china