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Long Term Trend Analysis of Geographical Disparity in Aging and Disability: Taiwanese Population Approach
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Chen, Yong-Chen; Chou, Yu-Ching; Lin, Lan-Ping; Wu, Chia-Ling; Lin, Jin-Ding – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
Purposes of the present paper were to describe the overtime change of disability prevalence among the elderly (65 years and older), and to analyze the geographic disparity of the disability prevalence during the year 2000-2010 in Taiwan. Study data mainly come from two public web-access information: (1) The physically and mentally disabled…
Descriptors: Geographic Information Systems, Incidence, Older Adults, Trend Analysis
Unmet Health Care Needs in Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Cross-Sectional Study
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Jackson, Katie E.; Krishnaswami, Shanthi; McPheeters, Melissa – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
Children with potentially severe health conditions such as cerebral palsy (CP) are at risk for unmet health care needs. We sought to determine whether children with CP had significantly greater unmet health care needs than children with other special health care needs (SHCN), and whether conditions associated with CP increased the odds of unmet…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Emotional Problems, Surveys, Child Health
Concurrent Medical Conditions and Health Care Use and Needs among Children with Learning and Behavioral Developmental Disabilities, National Health Interview Survey, 2006-2010
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Schieve, Laura A.; Gonzalez, Vanessa; Boulet, Sheree L.; Visser, Susanna N.; Rice, Catherine E.; Braun, Kim Van Naarden; Boyle, Coleen A. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
Studies document various associated health risks for children with developmental disabilities (DDs). Further study is needed by disability type. Using the 2006-2010 National Health Interview Surveys, we assessed the prevalence of numerous medical conditions (e.g. asthma, frequent diarrhea/colitis, seizures), health care use measures (e.g. seeing a…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Developmental Disabilities, Learning Disabilities
Self-Reported Needs among Older Persons with Intellectual Disabilities in an Irish Community-Based Service
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McCausland, Darragh; Guerin, Suzanne; Tyrrell, Janette; Donohoe, Clare; O'Donoghue, Isabelle; Dodd, Philip – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
Current research indicates that older persons with intellectual disabilities (ID) are a growing population with very specific needs. There are few existing studies that identify and characterise these needs. This study aimed to assess the health and social care needs of a group of older persons with ID in a community-based service in Ireland. The…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Foreign Countries, Older Adults, Self Disclosure (Individuals)
Predictors of Caregiver Supportive Behaviors towards Reproductive Health Care for Women with Intellectual Disabilities
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Lin, Lan-Ping; Lin, Pei-Ying; Chu, Cordia M.; Lin, Jin-Ding – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
Although many previous studies have begun to address the reproductive health needs of women with intellectual disabilities; however, the supportive behaviors of caregivers to assist their reproductive health is not well understood. Data from a cross-sectional survey of ""2009 National Survey on Reproductive Health Care Needs and Health…
Descriptors: Health Services, Health Needs, Females, Mental Retardation
Psychometric Properties of Psychopathology Checklists for Adults with Intellectual Disability (P-AID) on a Community Sample of Adults with Intellectual Disability
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Hove, Oddbjorn; Havik, Odd E. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2008
The DC-LD is a new classification system providing operationalized diagnostic criteria in recognition of lacking applicability of standard psychiatric criteria for adults with intellectual disability. This study attempts to evaluate internal consistency, inter-rater reliability and factor structure of the Psychopathology Checklists for Adults with…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Psychopathology, Check Lists, Classification