The burden of neurological impairments and disability in older children measured in disability-adjusted life-years in rural Kenya

Jonathan A Abuga, Symon M Kariuki, Amina Abubakar, Samson M Kinyanjui, Michael Boele van Hensbroek and Charles R Newton

PLOS Global Public Health, 2022, vol. 2, issue 2, 1-11

Abstract: Neurological impairment (NI) and disability are common in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), but the overall burden in terms of morbidity and mortality in older children remains unknown. We estimated the burden of NI in disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), years of life lost to premature mortality (YLLs), and years lived with disability (YLDs) for older children in a defined rural setting in Kenya. We used empirical and literature estimates to model the overall burden for children aged 5–14 years in five domains: epilepsy (lifetime and active) and moderate/severe cognitive, hearing, motor, and visual impairments. We obtained internally consistent estimates of prevalence, mortality, and transitional hazards using DisMod II software. Disability weights and life expectancy estimates were based on the global burden of disease (GBD) studies. We used the most plausible parameters to calculate YLLs, YLDs, and DALYs and their bootstrapped 95% uncertainty intervals (95%UI) for the defined area. NI in the five domains resulted in a total of 4587 (95%UI 4459–4715) absolute DALYs or 53 (95%UI 39–67) DALYs per 1000 children aged 5–14 years, of which 83% were YLLs and 17% YLDs. Girls had significantly more YLLs and DALYs than boys (p-values

Date: 2022
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