Health and wellbeing of people with intellectual disability in New South Wales, Australia: a data linkage cohort

Purpose People with intellectual disability (ID) experience high rates of physical and mental health problems, while access to appropriate healthcare is often poor. This cohort was established to develop an epidemiological profile related to the health, health service use, disability services, morta...

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Main Authors: Kimberlie Dean, Simone Reppermund, Theresa Heintze, Preeyaporn Srasuebkul, Rebecca Reeve, Melinda Smith, Eric Emerson, Phillip Snoyman, Eileen Baldry, Leanne Dowse, Tracey Szanto, Grant Sara, Tony Florio, Anina Johnson, Melissa Clements, Kathryn McKenzie, Julian Trollor
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Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2019-09-01
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author Kimberlie Dean
Simone Reppermund
Theresa Heintze
Preeyaporn Srasuebkul
Rebecca Reeve
Melinda Smith
Eric Emerson
Phillip Snoyman
Eileen Baldry
Leanne Dowse
Tracey Szanto
Grant Sara
Tony Florio
Anina Johnson
Melissa Clements
Kathryn McKenzie
Julian Trollor
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Simone Reppermund
Theresa Heintze
Preeyaporn Srasuebkul
Rebecca Reeve
Melinda Smith
Eric Emerson
Phillip Snoyman
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Leanne Dowse
Tracey Szanto
Grant Sara
Tony Florio
Anina Johnson
Melissa Clements
Kathryn McKenzie
Julian Trollor
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description Purpose People with intellectual disability (ID) experience high rates of physical and mental health problems, while access to appropriate healthcare is often poor. This cohort was established to develop an epidemiological profile related to the health, health service use, disability services, mortality and corrective services records of people with ID.Participants The cohort contains 92 542 people with ID (40% females) with a median age of 23 years (IQR: 12–43 years) and 2 004 475 people with a neuropsychiatric or developmental disorder diagnosis (50% females) with a median age of 51 years (IQR: 29–73 years) from New South Wales, Australia. The whole sample contains records for 2 097 017 individuals with most data sets spanning financial years 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2016. A wide range of data from linked population data sets are included in the areas of disability, health, corrective services and targeted specialist support services in public schools, Public Guardian and Ombudsman services.Findings to date This study includes one of the largest cohorts of people with ID internationally. Our data have shown that the presence of ID is significantly associated with emergency department presentations and psychiatric readmissions after the first psychiatric admission based on a subcohort of people with a psychiatric admission. Adults with ID experience premature mortality and over-representation of potentially avoidable deaths compared with the general population.Future plans Within the health service system, we will examine different components, that is, inpatient, emergency adult services, children and younger people services and costs associated with healthcare as well as mortality, cause and predictors of death. The neuropsychiatric and developmental disorders comparison cohort allows comparisons of the physical health, mental health and service use profiles of people with ID and those with other neuropsychiatric disorders.
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spelling doaj-art-a57274e0435d405f95b9ab38876549e52024-11-23T07:25:08ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552019-09-019910.1136/bmjopen-2019-031624Health and wellbeing of people with intellectual disability in New South Wales, Australia: a data linkage cohortKimberlie Dean0Simone Reppermund1Theresa Heintze2Preeyaporn Srasuebkul3Rebecca Reeve4Melinda Smith5Eric Emerson6Phillip Snoyman7Eileen Baldry8Leanne Dowse9Tracey Szanto10Grant Sara11Tony Florio12Anina Johnson13Melissa Clements14Kathryn McKenzie15Julian Trollor165 Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network, Matraville, New South Wales, Australia2 Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, UNSW, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia1 Department of Developmental Disability Neuropsychiatry, UNSW, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3 National Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Disability Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3 Intellectual Disability Behaviour Support Program, School of Social Sciences, UNSW, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia5 Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network, Matraville, New South Wales, Australia6 Centre for Disability Research and Policy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia7 Corrective Services-New South Wales, Department of Justice, Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaSchool of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, UNSW Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3 Intellectual Disability Behaviour Support Program, School of Social Sciences, UNSW, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia9 Intellectual Disability Network, New South Wales Agency for Clinical Innovation, Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaNorthern Clinical School, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia1 Department of Developmental Disability Neuropsychiatry, UNSW, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia12 Mental Health Review Tribunal, Gladesville, New South Wales, Australia13 Department of Education, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia14 NSW Ombudsman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2 Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, UNSW, Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaPurpose People with intellectual disability (ID) experience high rates of physical and mental health problems, while access to appropriate healthcare is often poor. This cohort was established to develop an epidemiological profile related to the health, health service use, disability services, mortality and corrective services records of people with ID.Participants The cohort contains 92 542 people with ID (40% females) with a median age of 23 years (IQR: 12–43 years) and 2 004 475 people with a neuropsychiatric or developmental disorder diagnosis (50% females) with a median age of 51 years (IQR: 29–73 years) from New South Wales, Australia. The whole sample contains records for 2 097 017 individuals with most data sets spanning financial years 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2016. A wide range of data from linked population data sets are included in the areas of disability, health, corrective services and targeted specialist support services in public schools, Public Guardian and Ombudsman services.Findings to date This study includes one of the largest cohorts of people with ID internationally. Our data have shown that the presence of ID is significantly associated with emergency department presentations and psychiatric readmissions after the first psychiatric admission based on a subcohort of people with a psychiatric admission. Adults with ID experience premature mortality and over-representation of potentially avoidable deaths compared with the general population.Future plans Within the health service system, we will examine different components, that is, inpatient, emergency adult services, children and younger people services and costs associated with healthcare as well as mortality, cause and predictors of death. The neuropsychiatric and developmental disorders comparison cohort allows comparisons of the physical health, mental health and service use profiles of people with ID and those with other neuropsychiatric disorders.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/9/e031624.full
spellingShingle Kimberlie Dean
Simone Reppermund
Theresa Heintze
Preeyaporn Srasuebkul
Rebecca Reeve
Melinda Smith
Eric Emerson
Phillip Snoyman
Eileen Baldry
Leanne Dowse
Tracey Szanto
Grant Sara
Tony Florio
Anina Johnson
Melissa Clements
Kathryn McKenzie
Julian Trollor
Health and wellbeing of people with intellectual disability in New South Wales, Australia: a data linkage cohort
BMJ Open
title Health and wellbeing of people with intellectual disability in New South Wales, Australia: a data linkage cohort
title_full Health and wellbeing of people with intellectual disability in New South Wales, Australia: a data linkage cohort
title_fullStr Health and wellbeing of people with intellectual disability in New South Wales, Australia: a data linkage cohort
title_full_unstemmed Health and wellbeing of people with intellectual disability in New South Wales, Australia: a data linkage cohort
title_short Health and wellbeing of people with intellectual disability in New South Wales, Australia: a data linkage cohort
title_sort health and wellbeing of people with intellectual disability in new south wales australia a data linkage cohort
url https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/9/e031624.full
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