The Need for Psychiatric Assessment in Children with Down Syndrome and Factors Affecting Their Use of Mental Health Services: A Cross-Sectional Study from Turkey

Table 2

Clinical variables of children and adolescents with DS.

Variables	Median (n)	IQR (%)
Prenatal diagnosis
Present	31	43.1
Absent	41	56.9
Presence of medical
Illness	57	80.3
Present	14	19.7
Absent
Medical comorbidities
Cardiac	18	31
Neurological	12	20.7
Endocrinological	11	19
Ophthalmological	9	15.5
Musculoskeletal system related	6	10.3
Other	2	3.5
Attending special education
Yes	63	87.5
No	9	12.5
Age at beginning to attend special education (months)	20	15
The duration of special education (years)	5	5
GDD/ID
Mild	23	32.9
Moderate	32	45.7
Severe	15	21.4

IQR: interquartile range, GDD: global development delay, and ID: intellectual disability.