Seeking the disabled persons in Qena community in upper Egypt

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 moving, seeing, and old age disabilities.&nbsp