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Parental Mental Health Screening in a Neuropaediatric Sample: Psychometric Properties of the Everyday Feeling Questionnaire and Variables Associated with Parental Mental Health
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Kjaerandsen, Katarina Smejda; Handegård, Bjørn Helge; Brøndbo, Per Håkan; Halvorsen, Marianne Berg – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2021
Background: Many previous studies have highlighted distress in parents of children with neurodevelopmental disorders. Further knowledge about the relationship between parental mental health and children's characteristics could help neuropaediatric services improve treatment. The current study examined the applicability of the Everyday Feeling…
Descriptors: Parents, Mental Health, Questionnaires, Screening Tests
Low Bone Mineral Density Risk Factors and Testing Patterns in Institutionalized Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
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Hess, Mailee; Campagna, Elizabeth J.; Jensen, Kristin M. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2018
Background: Adults with intellectual or developmental disability (ID/DD) have multiple risks for low bone mineral density (BMD) without formal guidelines to guide testing. We sought to identify risk factors and patterns of BMD testing among institutionalized adults with ID/DD. Methods: We evaluated risk factors for low BMD (Z-/T-score < -1) and…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Institutionalized Persons, Adults, Intellectual Disability
The Uptake of Secondary Prevention by Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
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Ouellette-Kuntz, H.; Cobigo, V.; Balogh, R.; Wilton, A.; Lunsky, Y. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2015
Background: Secondary prevention involves the early detection of disease while it is asymptomatic to prevent its progression. For adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, secondary prevention is critical as they may not have the ability to recognize the early signs and symptoms of disease or lack accessible information about these.…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Mental Retardation, Prevention, Adults
Reliability and Validity Analysis of the "Stay Well and Healthy!" Health Risk Appraisal for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
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Earle Hahn, Joan; Aronow, Harriet Udin – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2011
Background: The "Stay Well and Healthy!" Health Risk Appraisal (SWH-HRA) tool was developed and piloted in an in-home preventive healthcare program for persons ageing with intellectual and developmental disabilities (Aronow & Hahn 2005; Hahn & Aronow 2005). This paper presents the results of reliability and validity assessment of the SWH-HRA tool…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Nurses, Developmental Disabilities, Factor Structure
Risk Assessment: Actuarial Prediction and Clinical Judgement of Offending Incidents and Behaviour for Intellectual Disability Services
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Lindsay, William R.; Beail, Nigel – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2004
Background: Research on prediction of violent and sexual offending behaviour has developed considerably in the mainstream criminological literature. Apart from one publication [Quinsey (2004) "Offenders with Developmental Disabilities," pp. 131-142] this has not been extended to the field of intellectual disabilities. Methods: Work on actuarial…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Predictive Validity, Prediction