Spinal and limb abnormalities in adolescents with intellectual disabilities.
There are not many studies pertaining to the spinal or limb abnormalities in people with intellectual disabilities, without a clear profile of these deformities of them, efforts to understand its characters and improve their quality of life will be impossible. Therefore, this paper aims to describe the prevalence and related factors of spinal and limb abnormalities in adolescents with intellectual disabilities. The participants who participated in health examinations as they enrolled into special schools at the first year, a total of 822 aged 15-18 years adolescents with ID were recruited to this study. The results showed that there were 14.5% and 8.5% cases had spinal and limb abnormalities based on the physician's observation and X-ray test. Factors of BMI level and limb abnormalities were significantly predicted the spinal abnormality occurrence in those adolescents with ID. Gender, disability level and have a spinal abnormality were variables that can statistically correlate to limb abnormality condition. The study highlights that in order to ensure people with intellectual disabilities receive an appropriate quality of care, it is important to have a precise understanding of the ways in which the needs of them who have spinal or limb deformities differ from the sole intellectual disability and the general population as a whole.
School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, No. 161, Min-Chun East Road, Section 6, Nei-Hu, Taipei, Taiwan. a530706@ndmctsgh.edu.tw
Jin-Ding
JD
Lin
Pei-Ying
PY
Lin
Lan-Ping
LP
Lin
Chia-Im
CI
Lai
Yii-Rong
YR
Leu
Chia-Feng
CF
Yen
Shang-Wei
SW
Hsu
Chi-Ming
CM
Chu
Chia-Ling
CL
Wu
Cordia M
CM
Chu
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000293:Adolescent; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000453:epidemiology*; D017880:Limb Deformities, Congenital / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013131:Spine / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology; D013851:Thinness / Q000453:epidemiology