The physical health of British adults with intellectual disability: cross sectional study

International Journal for Equity in Health
Eric EmersonJanet Robertson

Abstract

Adults with intellectual disability have poorer health than their non-disabled peers. However, little is known about the health of the 'hidden majority' of adults with primarily mild intellectual disability who do not use intellectual disability services. The aims of the present study were: to estimate the physical health status of a population-based sample of British adults with and without mild intellectual disability while controlling for any potentially confounding effects resulting from between-group differences in gender, age, socio-economic disadvantage and neighborhood social capital. Secondary analysis of data from Understanding Society, a new longitudinal study focusing on the life experiences of UK citizens. We identified 299 participants aged 16-49 (1.2 % of the unweighted age-restricted sample) as having intellectual disability, and 22,927 as not having intellectual disability. Multivariate logistic regression was used to investigate between group differences adjusting for potential confounding personal characteristics (e.g., gender). Unadjusted comparisons indicated that British adults with intellectual disability have markedly poorer health than their non-disabled peers on the majority of indicators investigated ...Continue Reading

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Nov 24, 2016·Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities : JARID·Gabrielle HindmarshEric Emerson
May 26, 2017·Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities : JARID·Sobhana RanjanKathleen Fisher
Jul 1, 2017·Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities : JARID·Damien BrennanMary McCarron
Oct 27, 2017·Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health·Laura Anne Hughes-McCormackSally-Ann Cooper
Aug 28, 2018·Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology·Karen McKenzieAnne O'Hare
Nov 22, 2018·Journal of Intellectual Disability Research : JIDR·E EmersonS Baines
Oct 26, 2018·Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities : JARID·Marloes HeutmekersGeraline L Leusink
Jul 19, 2019·Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities : JARID·Melissa L DesrochesJoohyun Chung
Jul 22, 2020·Journal of Intellectual Disabilities : JOID·Anne DoyleRoy McConkey
Aug 1, 2020·Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities : JARID·Martin McMahon, Chris Hatton
Sep 23, 2020·Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities : JARID·Michael Brown, Edward McCann
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