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A Survey of the Prevalence of Physically Disabled in the Community: Comparison of a key-person method with the census method.

Kim, Jong Chul , Choi, Ki Seob , Park, Si Bog , Lee, Sang Gun , Lee, Kang Mok , Shin, Young Jeon , Choi, Bo Youl
Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine 1998;22(5):1005-1012.
1Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
2Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
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Objective: To compare the efficiency of a key-person method with the census method on the prevalence of physically disabled.

Method: The residents of K-myeon, A-kyun, Kyungido were surveyed in May 1996 with a census method and of D-myeon in August 1997 with a key-person method. The enlisted people in this survey included 2563 persons in D-myeon and 2138 persons in K-myeon on Identification Number.

Results: The prevalences of the physically disabled were 2.61% of the population in D-myeon and 5.00% in K-myeon (chi-square test: P<0.500). When the physically disabled were divided into two groups (the severely disabled, group A and the mildly disabled, group B), the prevalences of group A was 1.91% in D-myeon and 2.15% in K-myeon (chi-square test: P>0.500). This result suggests that there is no meaningful difference in the prevalence of severely disabled between the two survey methods.

Conclusion: The key-person method is as effective as the census method to survey the prevalence of severely disabled in rural communities and requires a less cost and man power.

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