Premium
Morbidity and Health‐Care Use in People with Intellectual Disabilities in General Practice: First Results of a Survey in the Netherlands
Author(s) -
Van Schrojenstein Lantmande Valk H. M. J,
Te Wierik M. J. M.,
Van Den Akker M.,
Wullink M.,
Schellevis F. G.,
Dinant G. J.,
Metsemakers J. F. M.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of policy and practice in intellectual disabilities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.592
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1741-1130
pISSN - 1741-1122
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-1130.2004.04024.x
Subject(s) - general practice , intellectual disability , medicine , psychology , health problems , psychiatry , family medicine , gerontology
Reported here are the preliminary results of the second Dutch National Survey of General Practice in which data were collected on all contacts with general practitioners (GPs) during a 12‐month period to determine characteristics of patients with intellectual disabilities (ID). Sociodemographic characteristics differed significantly between people with ID and controls, indicating significant differences in morbidity between the two groups (people with ID were found to have more psychological problems, more digestive problems, more ear problems, more neurological problems, and more general and unspecified problems).