ArticleAnnals of medicine2021
The reported effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with intellectual disability and their carers: a scoping review.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- A systematic review of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of adolescents and young people with disabilities aged 15-29 years.BMC public health · 2023Pooled it
- Disease burden of viral respiratory infections in people with intellectual disabilities: a scoping review.BMJ open respiratory research · 2026Article
- The COVID-19 pandemic could worsen the psychological well-being of people with disabilities in Cambodia.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Experiences of typically developing siblings of children with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland.International journal of developmental disabilities · 2026Article
- Living Through the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Experiences of People With Profound and Multiple Intellectual Disabilities Through a Family Carer Lens.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID · 2025Article
- Wellbeing of Family Carers of Adults With Intellectual Disabilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the UK: Longitudinal Study.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDR · 2025Article
- Remote support for individuals with intellectual disabilities living independently: a scoping review.International journal of developmental disabilities · 2025Review
- Predictors of mental well-being among family caregivers of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities during COVID-19.BJPsych open · 2024Article
- Bridging the gap: national virtual education programme for professionals caring for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities at the time of COVID-19.BJPsych open · 2024Article
- Hospitalisation and mortality among privately insured individuals with COVID-19 in the United States: The role of intellectual disabilities and Neurogenetic disorders.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDR · 2024Article
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- An update of the reported effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on person with intellectual disability and their carers: a scoping review.Annals of medicine · 2023Article
- Mental Health of People with Intellectual Disabilities Living in Residential Care before, during, and after Lockdown.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Views on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health in people with Down syndrome from diverse backgrounds.American journal of medical genetics. Part A · 2023Article
- Vulnerable but stronger together: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the experiences of mothers of young adults with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of intellectual & developmental disability · 2023Article
- Better Health, Better Lives? 10-Years on From the World Health Organization's Declaration on the Health of Children With Intellectual Disabilities.Journal of intellectual disabilities : JOID · 2023Article
- Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Caregivers of People with an Intellectual Disability, in Comparison to Carers of Those with Other Disabilities and with Mental Health Issues: A Multicountry Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- The Experiences of Outreach Support Staff Working with People with Mild Intellectual Disabilities during Different Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Netherlands: A Qualitative Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Disinfection behavior for COVID-19 in individuals with Down syndrome and caregivers' distress in Japan: a cross-sectional retrospective study.Journal of developmental and physical disabilities · 2023Article
- Global report on COVID-19 vaccination and reasons not to vaccinate among adults with intellectual disabilities: Results from secondary analyses of Special Olympics' program planning.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundPeople with an intellectual disability are a vulnerable group during COVID-19 due to multi-morbidity, frailty, underlying conditions/health problems, social circumstances and limitations in understanding. This place them at greater risk of more severe outcomes from COVID-19.
objectiveTo chart the evidence of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with intellectual disability and their carers reported in the research.
methodsA scoping review method was used to review literature published across eight databases in 2020 and included manual searches of reference lists of included articles.
resultsSixteen studies were selected for inclusion. The findings highlight that professionals, people with intellectual disability and their carers were keen to comply with pandemic related public health guidance. However, implementing infection prevention and control measures in certain contexts for people with intellectual disability was challenging. Thereby a rights-based, person-centred approach to care is essential and professionals need to extend their understanding and practice of collaborative working to include people with intellectual disability and their family/carers. The findings highlight that compliance with public health guidance and infection control measures can be difficult for people with intellectual disability to implement.
conclusionsThere is limited good quality robust research on COVID-19 and people with intellectual disability and/or their carers experiences.
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