Language and Culture Backgrounds of Mothers and Child Development: A Nationwide Study on the Incidence of Developmental Delays in Children Born to Immigrant Mothers in Taiwan.

Transnational marriages are common as a result of globalization, and immigrant mothers face various degrees of differences in language and culture backgrounds. Mothers have great influences on the development of their children, but the effects of immigrant mothers' language and culture backgrounds on developmental delays (DD) are seldom studied. To evaluate the potential effects of immigrant mothers' language and culture backgrounds on DD of their children, we conducted a nationwide study in Taiwan.

Sex and rural-urban differences in the prevalence of childhood visual impairment in Taiwan: A nationwide population-based study.

Background: Visual impairment (VI) is a major developmental disability in children, but data at the national level are limited.

Aims: We conducted a nationwide study in Taiwan to assess the sex and rural-urban differences in VI.

Methods And Procedures: Using data from the national disability registry, we calculated prevalence rates by age, sex, and geographic area and assessed changes from 2004 to 2010.

Sex and Geographic Differences in the Prevalence of Reported Childhood Motor Disability and Their Trends in Taiwan.

Motor disability (MD) is not uncommon in children, but data at the national level are scarce. As the Taiwan government certifies and registers disabled residents for providing services on a routine basis, the registry provides a unique opportunity for studying MD. Using data from the registry, we calculated the prevalence of MD by age, sex, and geographic area and assessed the changes from 2004 to 2010.

Characteristics of young children with developmental delays and their trends over 14 years in Taiwan: a population-based nationwide study.

Objectives: To describe the epidemiological characteristics of developmental delays (DD) at the national level and assess the changes over time.

Design: We calculated the incidence rates of DD from 2003 to 2016 and assessed the trends over time.

Setting: As dictated by law, local governments in Taiwan are required to register children with DD and provide services.

Prevalence of childhood hearing impairment of different severities in urban and rural areas: a nationwide population-based study in Taiwan.

Objective: Childhood hearing impairment (CHI) is a major developmental disability, but data at the national level are limited, especially those on different severities. We conducted a study to fill this data gap.

Design: A nationwide study on the basis of a reporting system.

Maternal nationality and developmental delays in young children: Analysis of the data from the national registry in Taiwan.

Background: With globalization, transnational marriages become more and more common around the world. Children born to immigrant mothers might be more likely to have developmental delays, but studies on this topic are limited and with inconsistent results.

Aims: To determine whether children born to immigrant mothers are more likely to have developmental delays.

Gender and geographic differences in the prevalence of reportable childhood speech and language disability in Taiwan.

Speech and language disability (SLD) is not uncommon in children. However, data at the national level are limited, and geographic differences are seldom evaluated. Starting from 1980, the local governments in Taiwan has begun to certify disabled residents for providing various services and report cases to the central government according to the law, and the central government maintains a registry of reported cases, which provides a unique opportunity for studying SLD at the national level.

Screening, rubella vaccination, and childhood hearing impairment in Taiwan.

Childhood hearing impairment (CHI) is a major developmental disability, but data at the national level are limited, especially those on the changes in the prevalence over time. In Taiwan, the government began to certify disabled residents for providing various services in 1980 and maintains a registry of certified cases, which provides a rare opportunity for studying the trends of CHI prevalence. Using the registry data, we estimated the prevalence of CHI by age and severity and explored factors affecting its changes over time.

Predictors of effectiveness of early intervention on children with intellectual disability: a retrospective cohort study.

Background: The Taiwanese government has been promoting early intervention to children with intellectual disability for years, but data on its effectiveness are limited.

Methods: We recruited children who were treated for intellectual disability at a teaching hospital and had two IQ tests from 2001 to 2005 and used the difference between the two tests as the indicator of effectiveness.

Results: The participants included 23 boys and 13 girls 56.

Trends in the prevalence of childhood disability: analysis of data from the national disability registry of Taiwan, 2000-2011.

Childhood disability is not uncommon, but data at the national level are limited, especially those on the changes in the prevalence over time. On the basis of the Disabled Welfare Act, Taiwan began to certify disabled residents and provide various services in 1980. All the cases receiving services are registered, and the registry provides a rare opportunity for studying childhood disability at the national level.

Gender and geographic differences in the prevalence of intellectual disability in children: analysis of data from the national disability registry of Taiwan.

Intellectual disability (ID) is not uncommon in children, but data at the national level are limited, especially those on geographic differences. On the basis of the Disabled Welfare Law, Taiwan began to certify disabled residents and provide various services in 1980. All the cases are registered, and the registry provides a rare opportunity for studying ID at the national level.

Gender and geographic differences in the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders in children: analysis of data from the national disability registry of Taiwan.

The prevalence of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in the world has increased dramatically in the recent decades. However, data at the national level are limited, and geographic differences are seldom evaluated. According to the law, the local governments in Taiwan began to certify disabled residents and provide various services in 1980, and the central government maintains a registry of certified cases.

Gender and geographic differences in developmental delays among young children: analysis of the data from the national registry in Taiwan.

Although developmental delays are not uncommon in children, the incidence is seldom assessed, and the reported prevalence varies widely. In Taiwan, the government mandates the reporting of suspected cases. Using the national registry data, we conducted a study to estimate the incidence and prevalence of developmental delays in young children in Taiwan and to assess the gender and geographic differences.

The impact of timing and dose of rehabilitation delivery on functional recovery of stroke patients.

Background: To investigate the impact of both timing and dose of rehabilitation delivery on the functional recovery of stroke patients.

Methods: From chart review, we included 76 patients who were admitted to a regional hospital for first-ever stroke, and who had received multidisciplinary rehabilitation programs including physical therapy (PT) and occupational therapy (OT) at the inpatient department, and continuous rehabilitation therapy at the outpatient department for at least 3 months. The collected data included age, sex, type of stroke (hemorrhage/infarction), onset of stroke, initial motor status by Brunnstrom's motor recovery stages, time to rehabilitation intervention (from onset of stroke), length of stay, existence of aphasia, craniotomy (yes/no), and total units of rehabilitation.