Yuhang Lin|Xuanzhi Zhang|Qingjun Huang|Laiwen Lv|Anyan Huang|Li Ai|Kusheng Wu|Yanhong Huang
The Prevalence of Dyslexia in Primary School Children and Their Chinese Literacy Assessment in Shantou, China
Shantou University|Shantou University Medical College|Shantou University Mental Health Center|Shantou University Mental Health Center|Shantou University|Shantou University Medical College|Shantou University Mental Health Center|Shantou University|Shantou University Medical College|Shantou University Medical College|Shantou University|Shantou University Mental Health Center|Shantou University|Shantou University Medical College|Shantou University Mental Health Center|Shantou University|Shantou University Medical College|Shantou University|Shantou University Medical College|Shantou University|Shantou University Medical College|Shantou University Mental Health Center
epidemiological studies chinese developmental dyslexia dd china still limited addition literacy assessment seldom performed children dyslexia due lack uniform assessment tools study aimed investigating prevalence rate children dyslexia evaluate chinese reading ability total 2955 students aged 712 years enrolled randomized cluster sampling study divided three stages stage participating students asked finish combined raven test crt chinese vocabulary test assessment scale stage ii chinese teachers parents children suspected dyslexia interviewed psychiatrists finished dyslexia checklist chinese children dccc stage iii children evaluated child psychiatrists diagnosis without dyslexia according fifth edition diagnostic statistical manual mental disorders dsm5 chinese literacy evaluated using chinese reading ability test crat prevalence rate children dyslexia 54 shantou city 84 boys 23 girls gender ratio 3710 children dyslexia scored lower five subscales crat tests including phonological awareness morphological awareness rapid automatized naming orthographic awareness reading ability control group p lt 0001 study suggested prevalence rate chinese dyslexia shantou city roughly equivalent previously reported china children dyslexia relatively lower chinese reading ability assessments