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    Comorbidities and quality of life in children with intellectual disability

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    Authors
    Reddihough, D.
    Leonard, H.
    Jacoby, P.
    Kim, R.
    Epstein, A.
    Murphy, N.
    Reid, S.
    Whitehouse, A.
    Williams, K.
    Downs, Jennepher
    Date
    2021
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Reddihough, D. and Leonard, H. and Jacoby, P. and Kim, R. and Epstein, A. and Murphy, N. and Reid, S. et al. 2021. Comorbidities and quality of life in children with intellectual disability. Child: Care, Health and Development. 47 (5): pp. 654-666.
    Source Title
    Child: Care, Health and Development
    DOI
    10.1111/cch.12873
    ISSN
    0305-1862
    Faculty
    Faculty of Health Sciences
    School
    Curtin School of Allied Health
    Funding and Sponsorship
    http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1103745
    http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1077966
    http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1117105
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    This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Reddihough, D, Leonard, H, Jacoby, P, et al. Comorbidities and quality of life in children with intellectual disability. Child Care Health Dev. 2021; 47: 654– 666, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/cch.12873. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/86906
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Background: Many children with intellectual disability live with medical comorbidities. This study examined the impacts of comorbidities on quality of life (QOL) of children with intellectual disabilities and whether impacts varied with caregiver perceptions that medical needs had been met.

    Methods: Primary caregivers of 447 children (aged 5–19 years) with an intellectual disability reported on their child's medical comorbidities and the extent to which they perceived their child's medical needs had been met in a cross-sectional observational study. The Quality of Life Inventory-Disability was used to measure QOL on a 100-point scale. Linear regression models including interaction terms were used to evaluate their associations.

    Results: Parent-reported recurrent child pain (−4.97, 95% CI −8.21, −1.72), night-time sleep disturbances (−4.98, 95% CI −7.23, −2.73), daytime somnolence (−8.71, 95% CI −11.30, −2.73), seizures that occurred at least weekly (−7.59, 95% CI −13.50, −1.68) and conservatively managed severe scoliosis (−7.39, 95% CI −12.97, −1.81) were negatively associated with child QOL. Despite the majority of parents (~70%) perceiving that their child's medical needs had been met to a great extent, this did not significantly moderate the association between any comorbidities and QOL.

    Conclusions: Comorbidities were common and had marked associations with QOL. Evaluation and management of pain and sleep disturbance continue to be high priorities in improving QOL of young people with intellectual disabilities. Further research on the optimal methods of managing these comorbidities is warranted.

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