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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 5.
Published in final edited form as: Disabil Rehabil. 2010;32(1):79–85. doi: 10.3109/09638280903023397

Table I.

Study characteristics and methodological information of the 11 included papers.

References Country Age range
(years)
Disability identified Study methods Sensitivity
analyzed?
Cost or
cost-effective
analyzed?
Gona et al. [10] Kenya 9–15 Difficulties in: seeing,
 hearing, walking,
 speaking, learning; epilepsy
PRA No Yes
Heymann [23] Cameroon Children Paralytic poliomyelitis KI and survey No Yes
Kaamugisha and
 Feksi [20]
Kenya 0 to adult Epilepsy KI and survey Yes No
Kumar et al. [24] India 0–14 poliomyelitis KI and survey No Yes
Kuruvilla and
 Joseph [16]
India 0 to adult Difficulties in: seeing,
 hearing, walking,
 speaking, learning; epilepsy
House-to-house
 survey and PRA
No No
Muhit et al. [25] Bangladesh 0–15 Childhood blindness KI and survey No Yes
Mung’ala-Odera
 and Newton [8]
Kenya Not available All PRA and KI Yes No
Pal et al. [9] India Children Childhood epilepsy KI and survey Yes Yes
Saeed [26] Pakistan Children Childhood disability KI No Yes
Swaddiwudhipong
 et al. [27]
Thailand 0 to adults Physical, visual, communication
 disorders
KI No No
Thorburn et al. [28] Jamaica 2–9 Childhood disabilities KI and survey Yes No