Research Article
Health and Functional Status of Adults with Intellectual Disability Referred to the Specialist Health Care Setting: A Five-Year Experience
Table 2
Health risks and disabilities.
| | Characteristic () | Frequency (% of total) |
| | Lifestyle risks | | | Sedentary | 125 (77%) | | Underweight (Body Mass Index <18) | 22 (13%) | | Overweight (Body Mass Index 26–30) | 32 (20%) | | Obesity (Body Mass Index 31+) | 17 (10%) | | Smoking | 10 (6%) |
| | Associated central nervous system disabilities | | | Active epilepsy (taking anti-convulsant drugs for epilepsy) | 85 (52%) | | Urinary incontinence (6 using catheters) | 95 (58%) | | Vision impairment (16 blind from birth, 5 cataracts) | 53 (33%) | | Hearing impairment (2 profoundly deaf) | 20 (12%) | | Dysphagia (21 on PEG feeding) | 45 (28%) | | Movement disorders (diplegia, quadriplegia, hemi and tri-plegia) | 55 (34%) | | Dementia (probable 7, possible 4) | 11 (7%) |
| | Diagnosed medical conditions | | | Gastro-oesophageal reflux | 59 (36%) | | Chronic respiratory disease | 17 (10%) | | Hypertension | 18 (11%) | | Diabetes Mellitus | 17 (10%) | | Cardiac illness (coronary heart disease, congestive cardiac failure) | 4 (2%) | | Hypothyroidism | 9 (5%) | | Osteoarthritis | 15 (9%) | | Challenging behaviour (impulsive or compulsive self-injurious behaviours) | 56 (35%) | | Changing behaviour (fluctuating or deteriorating behaviour) | 22 (13%) |
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