Impact of the initial response to COVID‐19 on long‐term care for people with intellectual disability: an interrupted time series analysis of incident reports

Autor: Schuengel, Carlo, Tummers, Joep, embregts, petri, Leusink, Geraline
Přispěvatelé: Tranzo, Scientific center for care and wellbeing, Verstandelijke Beperking, Clinical Child and Family Studies, LEARN! - Child rearing, APH - Aging & Later Life, APH - Mental Health
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 64(11), 817-824. Wiley-Blackwell
Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 64 (2020) 11
Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 64(11), 817-824
Schuengel, C, Tummers, J, Embregts, P J C M & Leusink, G L 2020, ' Impact of the initial response to COVID-19 on long-term care for people with intellectual disability : an interrupted time series analysis of incident reports ', Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, vol. 64, no. 11, pp. 817-824 . https://doi.org/10.1111/jir.12778
ISSN: 1365-2788
0964-2633
DOI: 10.1111/jir.12778
Popis: BackgroundThe lockdown‐measures in response to COVID‐19 taken by long‐term care organisations might have impacted problem behaviour and behavioural functioning of people with intellectual disability. This study tested changes in reported incidents, in particular regarding aggression, unexplained absence and, for contrast, medication errors.MethodsMetadata on weekly incident and near‐incident reports from 2016 to June 2020 involving over 14 000 clients with mild to serious intellectual disability of 's Heeren Loo, a long‐term care organisation for people with intellectual disability, were subjected to interrupted time series analysis, comparing the COVID‐19 with the pre‐COVID‐19 period.ResultsThe imposition of lockdown‐measures coincided with a significant drop in incidents (total, P < .001; aggression, P = .008; unexplained absences, P = .008; and medication errors, P < .001). Incidents in total (P = .001) and with aggression (P < .001) then climbed from this initial low level, while medication errors remained stably low (P = .94).ConclusionThe rise in incidents involving aggression, against the background of generally lowered reporting, underlines the need for pandemic control measures that are suitable for people with intellectual disability in long‐term care.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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