A national study of the prevalence of autism among five-year-old children in Iran

Samadi, Sayyed Ali; Mahmoodizadeh, Ameneh; McConkey, Roy

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“…A study carried out in China found a prevalence of 11 per 10,000 (Zhang and Ji 2005). In low-income countries such as Iran the prevalence for typical autism is only 6 per 10,000 with a variation in prevalence between the less-and welldeveloped provinces (Samadi et al 2012). The proportion of children assessed as having ASD is twice as high in the better developed provinces.…”

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Changes in the Diagnosis of Autism: How Parents and Professionals Act and React in France

Chamak

Bonniau

2013

Cult Med Psychiatry

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The category of autism has undergone huge changes over the past 20 years. This study was undertaken to analyze the changes and how parents have experienced the diagnostic process in France. Data were obtained from in-depth interviews with parents and psychiatrists, and from 248 questionnaires with open-ended questions filled in by parents. We compared the experiences of parents with adult autistic children to those of parents with young autistic children. Progressively earlier age at diagnosis was evidenced. These changes occurred later than in North America and the UK, due to the reluctance of French professionals to adopt the new classifications of diseases which they viewed as undervaluing both the physician"s holistic clinical skills, and psychoanalytical interpretations. Parents" experiences and interviews with psychiatrists were analyzed in order to document changes over time in the diagnostic process following tensions between parents and professionals, and intraprofessional debates in psychiatry. Our data support the notion that the diagnosis of autism is historically and nationally contingent. The interactions between changes in the diagnostic process, policy, and parental experiences have led to changes in the way autism is defined, understood, and experienced.

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“…The proportion of children assessed as having ASD is twice as high in the better developed provinces. For Samadi et al (2012), the lower prevalence of autism in Iran is linked to Iranian culture. A diagnosis of disability is likely to be seen as stigmatizing.…”

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Changes in the Diagnosis of Autism: How Parents and Professionals Act and React in France

Chamak

Bonniau

2013

Cult Med Psychiatry

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“…Así, estudios de revisión de casos realizados sobre expedientes (ex-post-facto) y en países con bajo desarrollo económico o poca trasparencia en la información clínica tienden a minusvalorar la prevalencia. Este es el caso, por ejemplo, de los estudios desarrollados en Irán (Sadami, Mahmoodizadeh y McConkey, 2012;Sadami y McConkey, 2011), Venezuela (Montiel-Nava y Peña, 2008) o en China (Wong y Hui, 2008), que informan de valores inferiores a 20/10.000. La relación entre calidad de la recogida de información y resultados se evidencia en el estudio de Omán, que obtiene solo un 1,4/10000 (Al-Farsi, Al Farsi y Brooks, 2011).…”

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Prevalencia de los trastornos del espectro autista: revisión de datos

Marín

Esteban

Iturralde

2016

Siglo Cero. Revista Española Sobre Discapacidad Intelectual

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Recepción: 5 de octubre de 2016 Fecha de aceptación definitiva: 17 de enero de 2017 rEsuMEn: Los datos publicados sobre la prevalencia de los Trastornos del Espectro Autista (TEA) apuntan hacia un incremento significativo de este indicador. Este incremento está siendo objeto de estudio en numerosas publicaciones de análisis, metaanálisis y revisiones sistemáticas. La prevalencia nos indica el porcentaje de personas que en un momento determinado padecen o son diagnosticadas de una enfermedad. Las consecuencias derivadas del incremento de la prevalencia son relevantes tanto desde el punto de vista sanitario, como social y educativo, pero sobre todo son relevantes cuando, como es el caso, no se conoce la causa del trastorno. Es en este sentido donde gana importancia el estudio de la prevalencia con la finalidad de acotar diversas circunstancias que puedan dar pistas sobre la posible causa o causas que generan los TEA. En este artículo se resumen los últimos estudios y revisiones y se reflexiona sobre los mismos y las posibles causas que justifiquen el incremento del que informan. Se analiza cómo estos indicadores epidemiológicos pueden o están influidos por posibles deficiencias metodológicas

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“…Iranian mental health research has been on the rise in the recent decades (11)(12)(13), but it is uncertain whether autism research keeps pace with other areas, and it is unclear which topics in autism research has attracted the attention of Iranian researchers. The available evidence shows that autism is almost prevalent in Iran as in many other countries (14,15), but there is no study that show the current status of autism research in Iran. We aimed to conduct a scientometric study by investigating the published papers of IraCopyright © 2016, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences.…”

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Autism Research in Iran: A Scientometric Study

Zarafshan¹,

Mohammadi²,

Motevalian³

et al. 2016

Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci

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Context: We aimed to conduct a scientometric study by investigating published papers of Iranian researchers on autistic disorders. Evidence Acquisition: We conducted a systematic review of the literature to retrieve all relevant studies on autism that are published by Iranian researchers. Seven databases were searched, of which three were local Iranian databases (Magiran, SID and Irandoc), and four were widely used English language databases (PubMed, Scopus, ProQuest and PsycInfo). Bibliometric information of all papers was extracted.Results: Two hundred and six (95 Persian and 111 English) papers published between 1979 and 2015 were retrieved. Comparison between subject areas showed that non-pharmacological intervention and biological studies had the largest number with 64 and 61 papers, respectively. Among universities, Tehran University of Medical Sciences with 81 articles was most productive, and among the research centers, psychiatry and psychology research center (Tehran University of Medical Sciences) with 32 articles was the most productive research center. Conclusions:The trends of research in the field of autism among Iranian researchers have the same patterns as the global trends. However, some important topics, such as prevalence, causes, services, and life span issues and the infrastructures have been studied less and should be considered in future studies. Moreover, it was revealed that we are faced with shortness of sources for research in this field, and the policy makers should consider this problem. We need to conduct researches that take into account our inner context, and the subject and quality of the research should be given more importance than the number.

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A national study of the prevalence of autism among five-year-old children in Iran

Cited by 114 publications

References 20 publications

Changes in the Diagnosis of Autism: How Parents and Professionals Act and React in France

Changes in the Diagnosis of Autism: How Parents and Professionals Act and React in France

Prevalencia de los trastornos del espectro autista: revisión de datos

Autism Research in Iran: A Scientometric Study

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