Country: Oman
Classification: Intellectual
Year of Publication: 2011
Study Type:
Quantitative Study
Sample Size:
N = 113
The Research party:
1. Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University
2. Department of Behavioral Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman
3. Boston University School of Public Health, MA, USA
4. Sultan Qaboos University College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Al-Khoudh, Sultanate of Oman
Main Idea or Research Questions:
The objective of the present study was to assess the prevalence of autistic spectrum disorders among children aged 0–14 years in Oman, an upper-middle income country in the Arabian Peninsula with an approximate population of 3.5 million.