ArticleBJGP open2018
Primary care for people with an intellectual disability - what is prescribed? An analysis of medication recommendations from the BEACH dataset.
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- Investigating pain-related medication use and contribution to polypharmacy in adults with intellectual disabilities: a systematic review.BMC medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Supporting the appropriate use of psychotropic medicines in aged and disability care.Australian prescriber · 2026Review
- Clinical audit of psychotropic medication use at a South African intellectual disability hospital.The South African journal of psychiatry : SAJP : the journal of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa · 2026Article
- 'Get Healthy!' physical activity and healthy eating intervention for adults with intellectual disability: results from the feasibility pilot.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2023Article
- Adults with intellectual disabilities and mental health disorders in primary care: a scoping review.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2022Article
- Repurposing of Diagnostic Whole Exome Sequencing Data of 1,583 Individuals for Clinical Pharmacogenetics.Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundPeople with intellectual disability (ID) experience a range of health disparities. Little is known about differential primary care prescribing patterns for people with and without ID.
aimTo compare medications recommended by GPs at encounters where ID is recorded versus other encounters. DESIGN &
settingAnalysis of national Australian GP medication data from the Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health (BEACH) programme, January 2003-December 2012 inclusive.
methodMedication recommendations made at encounters where an ID-defining problem was recorded as a reason for encounter (RFE) and/or as a problem managed, were allocated to the 'ID group' (
resultsAntipsychotics and anticonvulsants were recommended more frequently at ID group encounters than at non-ID group encounters. Antidepressant and anxiolytic recommendation rates did not differ between groups. Narcotic analgesic and antihypertensive recommendations were significantly lower at ID group encounters.
conclusionHigher rates of epilepsy and mental illness, and off-label use of some antipsychotics and anticonvulsants for behaviour management in people with ID, may have contributed to medication recommendations observed in this analysis. Lower narcotic analgesic recommendations at ID group encounters may relate to complex presentations and the nature of problems managed, while lower antihypertensive recommendations may indicate some potential omission of routine blood pressure measurement.
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