الفهرس 
Seeking the disabled persons in Gena community
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Abstract
Background: planning a rehabilitation system is based on the actual information on the classification (types) of disability and existing rehabilitation facilities.
Objective: The study aimed to point out the prevalence of different forms of disability in sample urban and rural areas in Qena, Upper Egypt.
Method: The study was carried out through random distribution of 32294 questionnaires over randomly selected urban and rural areas in Qena. The questionnaire included 6 types of disabilities. The aim of the study and the components of the questionnaire were explained to each household. Participants were asked to check one or more types of disability they suffer if any.
Results: The information obtained showed a total of 1890 subjects suffering from movement disabilities, 3330 from vision disorders, 795 from hearing disorders, 1292 from learning disabilities, 135 from fits, 202 from strange behavior, and 184 from age-related disabilities. Furthermore, the number of disabled persons living in rural areas was bigger than those living in urban areas with hearing disabilities, learning disabilities, fits, and strange behavior. Meanwhile, the number of disabled persons living in urban areas was bigger than that who were living in rural areas with physical, visual, and ageing disabilities. The percentage of all types of disability was higher in females compared to males.
Conclusion: Based on this prevalence, it is required to direct disability services to the more prevalent types of disability, namely, movement, visual, hearing, learning, mental, and old age disabilities in sequence. Further concentration of services needs to target urban and rural areas according to the corresponding prevalence of the types of disabilities in each of them. This needs further studies to check the current status of services provided for different types of disability and their demographic distribution in Qena.