Prevalence of Dyslexia in Secondary School Students in Lahore

Present study is a cross-sectional study aimed to determine the prevalence of dyslexia in the secondary school students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades of Lahore city in Pakistan. The sample of 500 students (250 girls and 250 boys) was taken from government schools with age between 11-17 years. Bangor Dyslexia Test (Miles, 1997), Standard Progressive Matrices (Raven, Court, Raven, 1977), Slosson Intelligence Test (Slosson, Nicholson, Hibpshman, 1963), and the Academic Record of the students were used to screen out dyslexia. Descriptive and nonparametric statistics were used to determine the prevalence and gender difference in dyslexia. Out of the total sample, 5.37% students were screened out with dyslexia. In 6th and 7th grades, dyslexia was more prevalent in male students than female students, while in 8th grade, the percentage did not vary much in both genders. Otherwise, gender differences were nonsignificant.