Health Intelligence Unit, Victorian Government Department of Health, 50 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia.
Res Dev Disabil. 2013 Nov;34(11):4034-42. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2013.08.017. Epub 2013 Sep 13.
Multiple measures of health and wellbeing of people with intellectual disability (ID) and the general Victorian population were compared using representative population level data. The sample consisted of adults with ID (N=897) and the general Victorian population (N=34,168) living in the state of Victoria in Australia. Proxy respondents were interviewed on behalf of people with ID, while respondents from the general Victorian population were interviewed directly. The data were weighted to reflect the age/sex/geographic distribution of the population. Results revealed that adults with ID reported higher prevalence of poor social determinants of health, behavioural risk factors, depression, diabetes, poor or fair health. A higher proportion of people with ID reported blood pressure and blood glucose checks, while a lower proportion reported cervical and breast cancer screening, compared with the general Victorian population. The survey identified areas where targeted approaches may be undertaken to improve the health outcomes of people with ID and provide an important understanding of the health and wellbeing of these Victorians.
采用具有代表性的人群水平数据，对智障人士（ID）和普通维多利亚人口的健康和幸福感进行了多项比较。该样本包括居住在澳大利亚维多利亚州的成年智障人士（N=897）和普通维多利亚人口（N=34168）。代表智障人士的代理人受访者接受了采访，而普通维多利亚人口的受访者则直接接受了采访。数据经过加权处理，以反映人口的年龄/性别/地理位置分布。结果显示，智障成年人报告了更多的不良健康社会决定因素、行为风险因素、抑郁、糖尿病和较差或一般的健康状况。与普通维多利亚人口相比，更多的智障人士报告了血压和血糖检查，而较少的人报告了宫颈癌和乳腺癌筛查。该调查确定了可能采取有针对性方法来改善智障人士健康结果的领域，并为了解这些维多利亚人的健康和幸福感提供了重要信息。
