Title |
Health problems of people with intellectual disabilities: the impact for general practice.
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Published in |
British Journal of General Practice, January 2007
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Authors |
Jos M J A A Straetmans, Henny M J van Schrojenstein Lantman-de Valk, Francois G Schellevis, Geert-Jan Dinant |
Abstract |
This study aimed to analyse the health problems and prescriptions of people with intellectual disabilities registered with GPs. Within the Second Dutch National Survey of General Practice evidence was gathered on the differences in health problems between people with intellectual disabilities and control persons (without intellectual disabilities). In a 1:5 matched sample, people with intellectual disabilities paid 1.7 times more visits to GPs. They presented a different morbidity pattern, and received four times as many repeat prescriptions. People with intellectual disabilities increase a GP's workload. |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Spain | 1 | 2% |
Belgium | 1 | 2% |
Unknown | 60 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 18% |
Researcher | 11 | 18% |
Student > Bachelor | 8 | 13% |
Student > Master | 6 | 10% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 6% |
Other | 10 | 16% |
Unknown | 12 | 19% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 12 | 19% |
Social Sciences | 10 | 16% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 9 | 15% |
Psychology | 8 | 13% |
Business, Management and Accounting | 1 | 2% |
Other | 5 | 8% |
Unknown | 17 | 27% |