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Health and health-care utilization of the older population of Ireland
— comparing the intellectual disability population and the general population | | Author(s) | Mary McCarron, Eimear Cleary, Philip McCallion |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 39, no 6, July 2017 |
| Publisher | Sage, July 2017 |
| Pages | pp 693-718 |
| Source | http://journals.sagepub.com/roa |
| Keywords | Mental disability ; Ageing process ; Health [elderly] ; Ill health ; Usage [services] ; Longitudinal surveys ; Ireland. |
| Annotation | Similarities and differences in the ageing of people with an intellectual disability (ID) compared to the general population are largely unresearched. The present study aimed to report data comparing the health and health care utilisation of the general ageing population in Ireland with those who were ageing with an ID. Data for comparisons were drawn from the 2010 Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) and the Intellectual Disability Supplement (IDS)-TILDA Wave 1 data sets. TILDA participants were community dwelling only while IDS-TILDA participants were drawn from community and institutional settings. TILDA consisted of a sample of 8,178 individuals aged 50 years and older who were representative of the Irish population. The IDS-TILDA consisted of a random sample of 753 persons aged 40 and older. Using age 50 as the initial criterion, 478 persons with ID were matched with TILDA participants on age, sex and geographic location to create the sample for this comparison. Both studies gathered self-reported data on physical and mental health, behavioural health, functional limitations and health care utilisation. Rates of chronic disease appeared higher overall for people with ID as compared to the general population. There were also age-related differences in the prevalence of diabetes and cancer and different rates of engagement between the two groups in relevant behavioural health activities such as smoking. There were higher utilisation levels among IDS-TILDA participants for allied health and general practitioner visits. Different disease trajectories found among IDS-TILDA participants raise concerns. The longitudinal comparison of data for people with ID and for the general population offer a better opportunity for the unique experiences of people with ID to be included in data that inform health planning. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170728237 A |
| Classmark | E7: BG: CC: CH: QLD: 3J: 763 |
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