[Epidemiological profile of physical disability in rehabilitation centers of Burkina Faso].

OBJECTIVE

The objective of our study was to determine the epidemiological profile of physical disability in Burkina Faso.

METHODS

This was an epidemiological survey conducted among 17 functional rehabilitation centers in Burkina Faso. Our study population consisted of 113 patients with physical disabilities met during the investigation.

RESULTS

The analysis was performed on 113 patients with physical disabilities including 67 males and 46 females. The average age was 30 years. Diseases responsible for physical disability in Burkina Faso are dominated by hemiplegia (25%), limb trauma (19%), poliomyelitis (11%), cerebral palsy (11%), traumatized central neurological trauma (central) (9%), congenital malformations (6%) and paralysis of the sciatic nerve (5%).

CONCLUSION

The epidemiology of disability in Burkina Faso is marked by the emergence of diseases like hemiplegia and the regression of diseases such as poliomyelitis and iatrogenic sciatic nerve palsies.