Lifestyle related risk factors for poor health in residential settings for people with intellectual disabilities

Little information is available on the prevalence and determinants of lifestyle related risk factors for poor health (obesity, poor diet, physical inactivity, smoking and alcohol abuse) among people with intellectual disabilities. This study reports the prevalence of these risk factors for 500 peopl...

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Published in:Research in developmental disabilities 2000-11, Vol.21 (6), p.469-486
Main Authors: Robertson, Janet, Emerson, Eric, Gregory, Nicky, Hatton, Chris, Turner, Steve, Kessissoglou, Sophia, Hallam, Angela
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Biological and medical sciences
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Group Homes
Health Behavior
Health Education
Humans
Intellectual deficiency
Intellectual Disability - psychology
Intellectual Disability - rehabilitation
Life Style
Male
Medical sciences
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Residence Characteristics
Risk Factors
Social Environment
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Summary:Little information is available on the prevalence and determinants of lifestyle related risk factors for poor health (obesity, poor diet, physical inactivity, smoking and alcohol abuse) among people with intellectual disabilities. This study reports the prevalence of these risk factors for 500 people with intellectual disabilities living in different forms of residential provision in the UK. Variables which predict the presence of these risk factors are also identified. While levels of smoking and alcohol abuse were low, the prevalence of poor diet, obesity in women and physical inactivity was high. Analyses of predictors of risk factors present a mixed pattern with regard to participant and service characteristics, with greater ability and less restrictive residential settings being associated with poor diet, smoking and obesity, but physical inactivity being associated with lower ability and more restrictive settings. It is argued that increasing levels of moderate or vigorous physical activity among people with intellectual disabilities would be the single most effective way of improving the health of people with intellectual disabilities.
ISSN:0891-4222
1873-3379
DOI:10.1016/S0891-4222(00)00053-6