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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