de Kuijper Gerda, van der Putten Annette A J
Centre for Intellectual Disability and Mental Health/GGZ Drenthe, Assen, The Netherlands.
Department Psychiatry, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
J Appl Res Intellect Disabil. 2017 Dec;30 Suppl 1:1-9. doi: 10.1111/jar.12357. Epub 2017 May 3.
BACKGROUND/INTRODUCTION: In this study, we investigated intellectual disability support professionals' knowledge and expectations towards effects of psychotropic drug use on behaviour and drug use in their clients, because shortcomings may lead to misinterpretations of behavioural symptoms and inappropriate drug use.
Two self-designed questionnaires were used to measure the knowledge and expectations of 194 support professionals in 14 residential facilities regarding psychotropic drug use and effects of antipsychotics on behavioural, cognitive and mental functioning of people with intellectual disability. The psychometric properties of both questionnaires were adequate.
A majority of the professionals had unrealistic expectations regarding the positive effects of antipsychotics on cognitive and behavioural functioning, and 94% scored below the cut-off scores regarding knowledge; 60% indicated they needed education and training.
To achieve sufficient collaboration of intellectual disability support professionals in reducing inappropriate psychotropic drug use of clients, vocational educational training is needed.
背景/引言：在本研究中，我们调查了智力残疾支持专业人员对精神药物使用对其服务对象行为及药物使用影响的知识和期望，因为这些不足可能导致对行为症状的误解以及不适当的药物使用。
使用两份自行设计的问卷，测量了14家寄宿机构中194名支持专业人员对精神药物使用以及抗精神病药物对智力残疾者行为、认知和心理功能影响的知识和期望。两份问卷的心理测量特性均良好。
大多数专业人员对抗精神病药物对认知和行为功能的积极影响抱有不切实际的期望，94%的人在知识得分方面低于及格分数；60%的人表示他们需要教育培训。
为了使智力残疾支持专业人员在减少服务对象不适当使用精神药物方面实现充分协作，需要进行职业教育培训。
