A AB BS S T TR RA AC CT T O Ob b j je ec c t ti i v ve e: :The aims of this study we re to as sess the pre va len ce of ac ti vity li mi ta tions in scho ol age chil dren with chro nic he alth con di ti ons/im pa ir ments and to de ter mi ne the affec ting fac tors in Kay se ri, Tur key. M Ma a t te e r ri i a al l a an nd d M Me et t h ho od ds s: : This cross-sec ti o nal study was con duc ted in Kay se ri, Tur key, in 2006. A qu es ti on na i re was given to the pa rents of 4508 chil dren aged 7-17 ye ars, se lec ted ran domly from 20 pri mary scho ols out of 99. Di sa bi lity was de fi ned as a long-term ina bi lity in so ci al ro le ac ti vi ti es in nor mal func ti on or scho ol, du e to a chro nic physical or men tal he alth con di ti on du ring the previous ye ar. R Re e s su ul lt ts s: : Out of 4508 chil dren aged 7 to 17 years, 35.3% had one or mo re chro nic he alth con di ti ons whi le 3.7% had ac ti vity-li mi ting con di ti ons. The ra te of ac ti vity li mi ta ti ons was 9.2% in chil dren with chro nic he alth con di tions, which was sig ni fi cantly hig her than their he althy pe ers (0.8%). Ac ti vity-li mi ting con di tions we re hig her in chil dren with low-edu ca ted and low-in co me fa mi li es. They we re al so mo re com mon in chil dren with te eth and pe ri o don tal di se a ses, vi su al im pa ir ment, spe ech im pe diments and psychi at ric/ner vo us prob lems. C Co on nc c l lu u s si i o on n: : Ac ti vity-li mi ting con di ti ons in scho olaged chil dren with chro nic he alth con di ti ons are ma jor pub lic he alth prob lems. Long-term chro nic he alth con di ti ons and bad family and environmental factors are sig ni fi cant risk fac tors for ac ti vity li mi ta ti on. Tar ge ting on pre ven ti on and re ha bi li ta ti on ef forts in such chil dren and fa mi li es may be an im por tant way of decreasing the im pact of chronic conditiens.K Ke ey y W Wo or rd ds s: : Di sab led chil dren; chro nic di se a se; so ci al class Ö ÖZ ZE ET T A Am ma aç ç: : Bu ça lış ma nın amaç la rı Tür ki ye' de, Kay se ri' de okul ça ğı ço cuk la rı ara sın da kro nik sağ lık so run la rı/bo zuk luk la rı na bağ lı ak ti vi te kı sıt lı lık la rı pre va lan sı nı ve et ki le yen fak tör le ri değer len dir mek tir. G Ge e r re eç ç v ve e Y Yö ön n t te em m l le er r: : Bu ke sit sel ça lış ma 2006 yı lın da, Tür ki ye' de, Kay se ri' de yü rü tül dü. Doksan dokuz il köğ re tim oku lun dan 20'sin de rast ge le se çi len 7-17 yaş ara sı 4508 ço -cu ğun ebe vey ni ne an ket uy gu lan dı. Kı sıt lı lık (özür lü lük) bir ön ce ki yıl sü re sin ce okul ve ya gün-lük ha yat ta ki sos yal rol çer çe ve sin de ki ak ti vi te le ri ni kro nik fi zik sel ve men tal sağ lık so run la rı ne de niy le ye ri ne ge ti re me me ola rak ta nım lan dı. B Bu ul l g gu u l la ar r: : Yaş la rı 7 ile 17 ara sı de ği şen 4508 ço -cuk tan %35.3'ün de bir ve ya da ha faz la kro nik sağ lık so ru nu var ken %3.7'sin de ak ti vi te kı sıt lı lı -ğı bu lun du. Kro nik sağ lık so ru nu olan ço cuk lar da ak ti vi te kı sıt lı ...
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