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ArticleDevelopmental medicine and child neurology2022

Reported clinical incidents of children with intellectual disability: A qualitative analysis.

Natalie Ong, Laurel Mimmo, Diana Barnett, Janet Long, Janelle Weise, Merrilyn Walton

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Article in Developmental medicine and child neurology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Natalie OngSchool of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0962-443X
Laurel MimmoSchool of Population Health, University of New South Wales Medicine, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, Australia.
Diana BarnettChild Development Unit; Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, Westmead, NSW, Australia.
Janet LongAustralian Institute of Health Innovation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Macquarie Park, NSW, Australia.
Janelle WeiseDepartment of Developmental Disability Neuropsychiatry (3DN), University of New South Wales Medicine, University of New South Wales, Randwick, NSW, Australia.
Merrilyn WaltonSchool of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
The University of Sydney · AUUNSW Sydney · AUChildren's Hospital at Westmead · AUMacquarie University · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimTo qualitatively explore reported clinical incidents of children with intellectual disability aged 0 to 18 years.

methodA secondary qualitative evaluation using latent content analysis was used on retrospective hospital incident management reporting data (1st January-31st December 2017) on 1367 admissions for 1018 randomly selected patients admitted to two tertiary children's hospitals in New South Wales, Australia. Sex and age at admission in children with and without intellectual disability: 83 (43.7%) versus 507 (43.1%) females and 107 (56.3%) versus 670 (56.9%) males, p=0.875; median age 3 years (0-18y) versus 4 years (0-18y), p=0.122. Of these, 44 patient safety incident reports for children with intellectual disability (sex, SD, and range) and 167 incident reports for children without intellectual disability (sex, SD, and range) were found and analysed.

resultsTen themes were synthesized from the data and represented the groups with and without intellectual disability. Children with intellectual disability had a significantly higher proportion of care issues identified by their parents. They also had higher rates of multiple reported clinical incidents per admission compared to children without intellectual disability.

interpretationMechanisms to advocate and raise patient safety issues for children with intellectual disability are needed. Partnerships with parents and training of staff in reporting clinical incidents for this population would enhance the embedding of reasonable adaptations into incident management systems for ongoing monitoring and improvement. WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS: Children with intellectual disability experienced multiple patient safety incidents per admission compared to children without intellectual disability. Children with intellectual disability had significantly increased rates of parent-identified incidents. Issues with medication, communication, delays in diagnosis and treatment, and identification of deterioration were noted.

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Intellectual DisabilityAdolescentChildChild, PreschoolData CollectionFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMalePatient SafetyRetrospective StudiesRisk Management

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