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Pauline Heslop; Emily Lauer – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
Background: We now have sufficient evidence demonstrating inequalities in specific avoidable causes of death for adults with intellectual disability compared to their peers without intellectual disability. Apart from COVID-19, the largest differentials that disadvantage people with intellectual disability are in relation to pneumonia, aspiration…
Descriptors: Adults, Intellectual Disability, Death, At Risk Persons
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Tanja Plasil; Ellen Margrete Iveland Ersfjord; Kim Berge; Line M. Oldervoll – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
Background: Research suggests that people with intellectual disabilities have a higher risk for cardiovascular disease than the general population. The aim of this study was to identify barriers for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiovascular disease for people with intellectual disabilities. Method: We conducted individual…
Descriptors: Barriers, Prevention, Clinical Diagnosis, Medical Services