School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, No. 161, Min-Chun East Road, Section 6, Nei-Hu, Taipei, Taiwan.
Res Dev Disabil. 2010 May-Jun;31(3):686-91. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2010.01.008. Epub 2010 Feb 11.
There are not many studies pertaining to the spinal or limb abnormalities in people with intellectual disabilities, without a clear profile of these deformities of them, efforts to understand its characters and improve their quality of life will be impossible. Therefore, this paper aims to describe the prevalence and related factors of spinal and limb abnormalities in adolescents with intellectual disabilities. The participants who participated in health examinations as they enrolled into special schools at the first year, a total of 822 aged 15-18 years adolescents with ID were recruited to this study. The results showed that there were 14.5% and 8.5% cases had spinal and limb abnormalities based on the physician's observation and X-ray test. Factors of BMI level and limb abnormalities were significantly predicted the spinal abnormality occurrence in those adolescents with ID. Gender, disability level and have a spinal abnormality were variables that can statistically correlate to limb abnormality condition. The study highlights that in order to ensure people with intellectual disabilities receive an appropriate quality of care, it is important to have a precise understanding of the ways in which the needs of them who have spinal or limb deformities differ from the sole intellectual disability and the general population as a whole.
针对智障人士的脊柱或肢体异常，相关研究并不多，也没有明确的这些畸形特征，因此，要了解其特点并提高他们的生活质量是不可能的。因此，本文旨在描述智障青少年脊柱和肢体异常的流行情况及相关因素。该研究共纳入了 822 名年龄在 15-18 岁的智障青少年，他们在第一年入读特殊学校时参加了健康检查。结果显示，根据医生的观察和 X 光检查，有 14.5%和 8.5%的人存在脊柱和肢体异常。BMI 水平和肢体异常是智障青少年脊柱异常发生的显著预测因素。性别、残疾程度和脊柱异常是与肢体异常状况有统计学相关性的变量。该研究强调，为了确保智障人士得到适当的护理质量，了解他们的脊柱或肢体畸形的需求与单纯智力残疾和整个普通人群的需求有何不同是很重要的。
