Prevalence of mental health conditions and relationship with general health in a whole-country population of people with intellectual disabilities compared with the general population
Background There are no previous whole-country studies on mental health and relationships with general health in intellectual disability populations; study results vary....
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2017-09-01
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| Series: | BJPsych Open |
| Online Access: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472400002337/type/journal_article |
| Summary: | Background
There are no previous whole-country studies on mental health and
relationships with general health in intellectual disability populations;
study results vary.
Aims
To determine the prevalence of mental health conditions and relationships
with general health in a total population with and without intellectual
disabilities.
Method
Ninety-four per cent completed Scotland's Census 2011. Data on
intellectual disabilities, mental health and general health were
extracted, and the association between them was investigated.
Results
A total of 26 349/5 295 403 (0.5%) had intellectual disabilities. In
total, 12.8% children, 23.4% adults and 27.2% older adults had mental
health conditions compared with 0.3, 5.3 and 4.5% of the general
population. Intellectual disabilities predicted mental health conditions;
odds ratio (OR)=7.1 (95% CI 6.8–7.3). General health was substantially
poorer and associated with mental health conditions; fair health OR=1.8
(95% CI 1.7–1.9), bad/very bad health OR=4.2 (95% CI 3.9–4.6).
Conclusions
These large-scale, whole-country study findings are important, given the
previously stated lack of confidence in comparative prevalence results,
and the need to plan services accordingly.
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| ISSN: | 2056-4724 |