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Experience Sampling Method and the Everyday Experiences of Adults with Intellectual Disability: A Feasibility Study
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Wilson, Nathan J.; Chen, Yu-Wei; Mahoney, Natasha; Buchanan, Angus; Marks, Anne; Cordier, Reinie – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2020
Background: Experiences of people with intellectual disability are often reported by proxy, excluding the person's own perception. To assist people with intellectual disabilities ability to communicate their own experiences, the current study explored the feasibility, reliability and validity of experience sampling methods (ESMs) for people with…
Descriptors: Sampling, Experience, Adults, Intellectual Disability
A Comparison of Two Methods for Recruiting Children with an Intellectual Disability
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Adams, Dawn; Handley, Louise; Heald, Mary; Simkiss, Doug; Jones, Alison; Walls, Emily; Oliver, Chris – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2017
Background: Recruitment is a widely cited barrier of representative intellectual disability research, yet it is rarely studied. This study aims to document the rates of recruiting children with intellectual disabilities using two methods and discuss the impact of such methods on sample characteristics. Methods: Questionnaire completion rates are…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Questionnaires, Intellectual Disability, Barriers
Including Children with Intellectual Disabilities/Special Educational Needs into National Child Health Surveys: A Pilot Study
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Scott, Judith; Wishart, Jennifer; Currie, Candace – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2011
Background: The language, format and length of typical national health survey questionnaires may make them inaccessible to many school-aged children with an intellectual disability. Materials and Methods: Using the standard delivery protocol, the WHO Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) Questionnaire, currently in use in 43 countries,…
Descriptors: Expulsion, Mental Retardation, Child Health, Confidentiality
Methodological Issues in Inclusive Intellectual Disability Research: A Health Promotion Needs Assessment of People Attending Irish Disability Services
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Boland, M.; Daly, L.; Staines, A. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2008
Background: This paper describes a novel combination of inclusive methods to evaluate health and health promotion needs of service users (clients) with intellectual disability. Sixty centres provide disability services to over 900 clients with intellectual disability in the East Coast Area Health Board region of Ireland (population approximately…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Health Promotion, Needs Assessment, Mental Retardation
From Institutional to Community Support: Consequences for Medical Care
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van Loon, Jos; Knibbe, Jeroen; Van Hove, Geert – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2005
Background: Concerns have been raised about the quality of medical care available for people with intellectual disabilities in community-based services. The aims of this study were to evaluate a model of medical care developed during a programme of deinstitutionalization, based on a specialist physician supporting general practitioners (GPs).…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Mental Retardation, Physicians, Normalization (Disabilities)