TY - JOUR
T1 - Ageing and health status in adults with intellectual disabilities
T2 - Results of the European POMONA II study
AU - Haveman, Meindert
AU - Perry, Jonathan
AU - Salvador-Carulla, Luis
AU - Walsh, Patricia Noonan
AU - Kerr, Mike
AU - Van Schrojenstein Lantman-De Valk, Henny
AU - Van Hove, Geert
AU - Berger, Dasa Moravec
AU - Azema, Bernard
AU - Buono, Serafino
AU - Cara, Alexandra Carmen
AU - Germanavicius, Arunas
AU - Linehan, Christine
AU - Määttä, Tuomo
AU - Tossebro, Jan
AU - Weber, Germain
PY - 2011/3
Y1 - 2011/3
N2 - Background POMONA II was a European Commission public health-funded project. The research questions in this article focus on age-specific differences relating to environmental and lifestyle factors, and the 17 medical conditions measured by the POMONA Checklist of Health Indicators (P15). Method The P15 was completed in a cross-sectional design for a stratified sample of 1,253 adults with ID across 14 European member states. Results Older people (55+) were more likely to live in larger residential homes. Rates of smoking and use of alcohol were lower than in the general population but were higher with older age. More than 60% of older adults had a sedentary lifestyle. Cataract, hearing disorder, diabetes, hypertension, osteoarthritis/arthrosis, and osteoporosis were positively associated with advancing age; allergies and epilepsy, negatively associated. Conclusions Some evidence of health disparities was found for older people with ID, particularly in terms of underdiagnosed or inadequately managed preventable health conditions.
AB - Background POMONA II was a European Commission public health-funded project. The research questions in this article focus on age-specific differences relating to environmental and lifestyle factors, and the 17 medical conditions measured by the POMONA Checklist of Health Indicators (P15). Method The P15 was completed in a cross-sectional design for a stratified sample of 1,253 adults with ID across 14 European member states. Results Older people (55+) were more likely to live in larger residential homes. Rates of smoking and use of alcohol were lower than in the general population but were higher with older age. More than 60% of older adults had a sedentary lifestyle. Cataract, hearing disorder, diabetes, hypertension, osteoarthritis/arthrosis, and osteoporosis were positively associated with advancing age; allergies and epilepsy, negatively associated. Conclusions Some evidence of health disparities was found for older people with ID, particularly in terms of underdiagnosed or inadequately managed preventable health conditions.
KW - ageing
KW - health inequalities
KW - health status
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79951803099&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3109/13668250.2010.549464
DO - 10.3109/13668250.2010.549464
M3 - Article
C2 - 21314593
AN - SCOPUS:79951803099
SN - 1366-8250
VL - 36
SP - 49
EP - 60
JO - Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability
JF - Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability
IS - 1
ER -
