Mental Health of People with Intellectual Disabilities Living in Residential Care before, during, and after Lockdown
Background: The impact of the COVID-19 on the well-being of people with intellectual disabilities (PID) has been little studied. Methods: We analyzed its impact with a cohort study quantitatively analyzing anxiety, depression, organic symptoms, quality of life, and support needs in 24 PID, aged 19–7...
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author | María Dolores Gil-Llario Irene Díaz-Rodríguez Olga Fernández-García Verónica Estruch-García Mar Bisquert-Bover Rafael Ballester-Arnal |
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description | Background: The impact of the COVID-19 on the well-being of people with intellectual disabilities (PID) has been little studied. Methods: We analyzed its impact with a cohort study quantitatively analyzing anxiety, depression, organic symptoms, quality of life, and support needs in 24 PID, aged 19–74 years (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mover accent="true"><mrow><mi>x</mi></mrow><mo>¯</mo></mover></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> 40, σ = 13.09), living in a residential center, before, during, and after the pandemic. Results: Their mental health improved unexpectedly at the onset of the lockdown although there was an increase in organic symptoms. But, with the progress of the lockdown, their mental health deteriorated drastically. On the contrary, as expected, their quality of life and support needs worsened from the beginning of the lockdown until the country returned to normality, a time when there was a general recovery, without reaching pre-pandemic levels. These results show that the mental health of PID was affected differently to that of people without intellectual disabilities. |
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spelling | doaj.art-454158e875ad40eeb2b4accc6cf334eb2023-11-19T00:17:19ZengMDPI AGBehavioral Sciences2076-328X2023-08-0113869510.3390/bs13080695Mental Health of People with Intellectual Disabilities Living in Residential Care before, during, and after LockdownMaría Dolores Gil-Llario0Irene Díaz-Rodríguez1Olga Fernández-García2Verónica Estruch-García3Mar Bisquert-Bover4Rafael Ballester-Arnal5Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, SpainDepartment of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, SpainDepartment of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, SpainDepartment of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, SpainDepartment of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, SpainDepartment of Basic and Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jaume I University, 12006 Castellón, SpainBackground: The impact of the COVID-19 on the well-being of people with intellectual disabilities (PID) has been little studied. Methods: We analyzed its impact with a cohort study quantitatively analyzing anxiety, depression, organic symptoms, quality of life, and support needs in 24 PID, aged 19–74 years (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mover accent="true"><mrow><mi>x</mi></mrow><mo>¯</mo></mover></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> 40, σ = 13.09), living in a residential center, before, during, and after the pandemic. Results: Their mental health improved unexpectedly at the onset of the lockdown although there was an increase in organic symptoms. But, with the progress of the lockdown, their mental health deteriorated drastically. On the contrary, as expected, their quality of life and support needs worsened from the beginning of the lockdown until the country returned to normality, a time when there was a general recovery, without reaching pre-pandemic levels. These results show that the mental health of PID was affected differently to that of people without intellectual disabilities.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/13/8/695COVID-19lockdownmental healthpeople with intellectual disabilitiesquality of life |
spellingShingle | María Dolores Gil-Llario Irene Díaz-Rodríguez Olga Fernández-García Verónica Estruch-García Mar Bisquert-Bover Rafael Ballester-Arnal Mental Health of People with Intellectual Disabilities Living in Residential Care before, during, and after Lockdown Behavioral Sciences COVID-19 lockdown mental health people with intellectual disabilities quality of life |
title | Mental Health of People with Intellectual Disabilities Living in Residential Care before, during, and after Lockdown |
title_full | Mental Health of People with Intellectual Disabilities Living in Residential Care before, during, and after Lockdown |
title_fullStr | Mental Health of People with Intellectual Disabilities Living in Residential Care before, during, and after Lockdown |
title_full_unstemmed | Mental Health of People with Intellectual Disabilities Living in Residential Care before, during, and after Lockdown |
title_short | Mental Health of People with Intellectual Disabilities Living in Residential Care before, during, and after Lockdown |
title_sort | mental health of people with intellectual disabilities living in residential care before during and after lockdown |
topic | COVID-19 lockdown mental health people with intellectual disabilities quality of life |
url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/13/8/695 |
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