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  • A health advocacy intervention for adolescents with intellectual disability: a cluster randomized controlled trial

    Author(s)
    Lennox, Nicholas
    McPherson, Lyn
    Bain, Chris
    O'Callaghan, Michael
    Carrington, Suzanne
    Ware, Robert S
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Ware, Robert
    Year published
    2016
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    Abstract
    Aim: Adolescents with intellectual disability experience poorer heath than their peers in the general population, partially due to communication barriers and knowledge gaps in their health history. This study aimed to test a health intervention package against usual care for a range of health promotion and disease detection outcomes. Method: A parallel-group cluster randomized controlled trial was conducted with Australian adolescents with intellectual disability living in the community. Randomization occurred at school level. The intervention package consisted of classroom-based health education, a hand-held personalized ...
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    Aim: Adolescents with intellectual disability experience poorer heath than their peers in the general population, partially due to communication barriers and knowledge gaps in their health history. This study aimed to test a health intervention package against usual care for a range of health promotion and disease detection outcomes. Method: A parallel-group cluster randomized controlled trial was conducted with Australian adolescents with intellectual disability living in the community. Randomization occurred at school level. The intervention package consisted of classroom-based health education, a hand-held personalized health record, and a health check. Evidence of health promotion, disease prevention, and case-finding activities were extracted from general practitioners' records for 12 months post-intervention. Results: Clinical data was available for 435 of 592 (73.5%) participants from 85 schools. Adolescents allocated to receive the health intervention were more likely to have their vision (odds ratio [OR] 3.3; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.8–6.1) and hearing (OR 2.7; 95% CI 1.0–7.3) tested, their blood pressure checked (OR 2.4; 95% CI 1.6–3.7), and weight recorded (OR 4.8; 95% CI 3.1–7.6). There was no difference between health intervention and usual care for identification of new diseases. Interpretation: The school-based intervention package increased healthcare activity in adolescents with intellectual disability living in the community.
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    Journal Title
    Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
    Volume
    58
    Issue
    12
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.13174
    Subject
    Biomedical and clinical sciences
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/172228
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