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Revista de Salud Pública

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COBO-MEJIA, Elisa A.; SANDOVAL-CUELLAR, Carolina  and  ALVARADO-ROJAS, Yenny M.. The scale of disability in the Boyacá Department in Colombia. Rev. salud pública [online]. 2012, vol.14, n.5, pp.776-788. ISSN 0124-0064.

Objective This paper was aimed at ascertaining the magnitude of disability in the Boyacá Department by establishing its distribution and dependent relationships. Materials and Methods This was a cross-sectional study which involved using the instrument proposed by DANE for recording, localizing and characterizing disability. The instrument's 89 questions were subjected to univariate and bivariate analysis. Results A greater prevalence of disability was found amongst females; it was geographically located in scattered rural areas and amongst those having low educational attainment and poor attendance at school. A deficiency in body, hand, arm and leg movements predominated, as did difficulty in walking, running and jumping. Conclusions There was a statistically significant dependence (calculated by Pearson's chi-square test) between disability and social, cultural and biological factors.

Keywords : Numerical data; healthcare policy; health records; healthcare personnel.

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