An update of the reported effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on person with intellectual disability and their carers: a scoping review

AbstractBackground The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic has been felt by all groups in society and people with intellectual disability are especially vulnerable due to underlying conditions/health problems, multi-morbidity, limitations in understanding, frailty and social circumstances. This places...

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Main Authors: Paul Michael Keenan, Owen Doody
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2023-12-01
Series:Annals of Medicine
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/07853890.2023.2196437
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description AbstractBackground The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic has been felt by all groups in society and people with intellectual disability are especially vulnerable due to underlying conditions/health problems, multi-morbidity, limitations in understanding, frailty and social circumstances. This places people with intellectual disability, their families and carers at increased risk of stress and in need of support.Objective To update and chart the evidence of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with intellectual disability, their families and carers reported within the research in 2021.Methods A scoping review of research published in 2021 across 7 databases.Results 84 studies met the inclusion criteria, and the findings highlight people with intellectual disability are at a greater risk to COVID-19 health outcomes due to underlying health concerns and access issues. The effects of COVID-19 can be seen from a personal, social and health perspective for people with intellectual disability, their carers and families. However, COVID-19 did have some unanticipated benefits such as: less demand on time, greater opportunity to engage with people of value and building resilience.Conclusions COVID-19 presents many challenges but for people with intellectual disability compounding existing obstacles encountered in access issues, service provision and supports available. There is a need to identify and describe the experiences of people with intellectual disability, their families and carers in the medium-long term during COVID-19. Greater supports and evidence of effective interventions to promote health, deliver services and support individual with intellectual disability is needed as there is little evidence of clinical care for people with intellectual disability during COVID-19.
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spelling doaj.art-1b60c26b46f944ab9509eb4275620aae2024-01-16T19:13:21ZengTaylor & Francis GroupAnnals of Medicine0785-38901365-20602023-12-0155110.1080/07853890.2023.2196437An update of the reported effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on person with intellectual disability and their carers: a scoping reviewPaul Michael Keenan0Owen Doody1School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, IrelandDepartment of Nursing and Midwifery, Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, IrelandAbstractBackground The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic has been felt by all groups in society and people with intellectual disability are especially vulnerable due to underlying conditions/health problems, multi-morbidity, limitations in understanding, frailty and social circumstances. This places people with intellectual disability, their families and carers at increased risk of stress and in need of support.Objective To update and chart the evidence of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with intellectual disability, their families and carers reported within the research in 2021.Methods A scoping review of research published in 2021 across 7 databases.Results 84 studies met the inclusion criteria, and the findings highlight people with intellectual disability are at a greater risk to COVID-19 health outcomes due to underlying health concerns and access issues. The effects of COVID-19 can be seen from a personal, social and health perspective for people with intellectual disability, their carers and families. However, COVID-19 did have some unanticipated benefits such as: less demand on time, greater opportunity to engage with people of value and building resilience.Conclusions COVID-19 presents many challenges but for people with intellectual disability compounding existing obstacles encountered in access issues, service provision and supports available. There is a need to identify and describe the experiences of people with intellectual disability, their families and carers in the medium-long term during COVID-19. Greater supports and evidence of effective interventions to promote health, deliver services and support individual with intellectual disability is needed as there is little evidence of clinical care for people with intellectual disability during COVID-19.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/07853890.2023.2196437COVID-19pandemicintellectual disabilityscoping review
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pandemic
intellectual disability
scoping review
title An update of the reported effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on person with intellectual disability and their carers: a scoping review
title_full An update of the reported effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on person with intellectual disability and their carers: a scoping review
title_fullStr An update of the reported effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on person with intellectual disability and their carers: a scoping review
title_full_unstemmed An update of the reported effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on person with intellectual disability and their carers: a scoping review
title_short An update of the reported effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on person with intellectual disability and their carers: a scoping review
title_sort update of the reported effects of the covid 19 pandemic on person with intellectual disability and their carers a scoping review
topic COVID-19
pandemic
intellectual disability
scoping review
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