EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF AUTISM IN REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF AUTISM IN REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

Infantile autism is pervasive developmental disorder with abnormal or damaged psychical development manifested after the second or third year of life, with characteristics in the shift of pathological functioning in the sphere of social interactions, in communications with the environment, and with...

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Main Authors: Vladimir TRAJKOVSKI, Kristin VASILEVSKA, Ljupcho AJDINSKI, Mirko SPIROSKI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Philosophy, Institute of Special Education and Rehabilitation 2005-12-01
Series:Journal of Special Education and Rehabilitation
Online Access:http://Infantileautismispervasivedevelopmentaldisorderwithabnormalordamagedpsychicaldevelopmentmanifestedafterthesecondorthirdyearoflife,withcharacteristicsintheshiftofpathologicalfunctioninginthesphereofsocialinteractions,incommunicationswiththeenvironment,andwithrepetitivebehavior.TheaimofthisarticleistoshowapartofdemographicandepidemiologicalcharacteristicsofthepopulationwithautismregisteredintheRepublicofMacedonia.Thisresearchisaretrospectivestudy,followedontheterritoryoftheRepublicofMacedonia,whichcovered50peoplewithautism.AllexaminedpeoplehaveaverifieddiagnosisaccordingtoICD-10classificationofdiseasesandDSM-IVcriteriamadeinthespecialeducationalandmedicalinstitutionsinourcountry.FromtheanalysisofexaminedautisticpeopleinthesampleithasconfirmedthattheprevalenceofautisminRMis0.25peopleupto10.000inhabitants.Themalegenderis2.5timesmorefrequentthanthefemalegender.Themeanageofpatientsis11years.Thesocio-economicconditiondoesnottakepartinthegenesisofautism.Theseasonofbirthisnotconnectedwiththeappearanceofthedisturbance.Dataformothersdiseaseduringthepregnancy(p=0.04),aswellasthepathologicalcourseofthepregnancy(p=0.02)isariskfactorforappearanceofthesyndrome.Thepathologicaldeliveryandthecomplicationsintheperinatalperiodarenottheriskfactorsinthisstudy(p>0.05).Thedurationofnursingandthepreliminaryrejectionofmother’smilkaresignificantlyassociatedwiththeappearanceofautism(p<0.01).Theresultsfromthisstudymaybeusefulasagoodbaseforfurtherepidemiologicalresearching,revealingnewriskfactorsinthegenesisofautism,andforplanningthepreventionofthisseveresyndrome.

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http://Infantileautismispervasivedevelopmentaldisorderwithabnormalordamagedpsychicaldevelopmentmanifestedafterthesecondorthirdyearoflife,withcharacteristicsintheshiftofpathologicalfunctioninginthesphereofsocialinteractions,incommunicationswiththeenvironment,andwithrepetitivebehavior.TheaimofthisarticleistoshowapartofdemographicandepidemiologicalcharacteristicsofthepopulationwithautismregisteredintheRepublicofMacedonia.Thisresearchisaretrospectivestudy,followedontheterritoryoftheRepublicofMacedonia,whichcovered50peoplewithautism.AllexaminedpeoplehaveaverifieddiagnosisaccordingtoICD-10classificationofdiseasesandDSM-IVcriteriamadeinthespecialeducationalandmedicalinstitutionsinourcountry.FromtheanalysisofexaminedautisticpeopleinthesampleithasconfirmedthattheprevalenceofautisminRMis0.25peopleupto10.000inhabitants.Themalegenderis2.5timesmorefrequentthanthefemalegender.Themeanageofpatientsis11years.Thesocio-economicconditiondoesnottakepartinthegenesisofautism.Theseasonofbirthisnotconnectedwiththeappearanceofthedisturbance.Dataformothersdiseaseduringthepregnancy(p=0.04),aswellasthepathologicalcourseofthepregnancy(p=0.02)isariskfactorforappearanceofthesyndrome.Thepathologicaldeliveryandthecomplicationsintheperinatalperiodarenottheriskfactorsinthisstudy(p>0.05).Thedurationofnursingandthepreliminaryrejectionofmother’smilkaresignificantlyassociatedwiththeappearanceofautism(p<0.01).Theresultsfromthisstudymaybeusefulasagoodbaseforfurtherepidemiologicalresearching,revealingnewriskfactorsinthegenesisofautism,andforplanningthepreventionofthisseveresyndrome.

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