Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland.
Finnish Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (FAIDD), Helsinki, Finland.
J Intellect Disabil Res. 2020 Dec;64(12):923-933. doi: 10.1111/jir.12783. Epub 2020 Sep 21.
The use of facilities such as disability pension, psychiatric care, health care and services for people with intellectual disabilities and borderline intellectual functioning (BIF) were compared with the general population and two other study groups comprising people with mild intellectual disabilities (MIDs) and learning problems (LPs).
The population-based sample (N = 416,973), 'Finland-in-Miniature', was gathered in 1962 and followed until 1998. For the purpose of the present study, three groups were formed: BIF (n = 416), MID (n = 312) and LP (n = 284). The use of services was examined with the help of national registers.
As compared with the general population, people with BIF had been granted disability pension 2.7 times more often and had been patients in psychiatric care 3.4 times more often. They had also systematically used more services than people with LP.
People with BIF are at risk of inability to work and facing severe mental health problems. They also seem to have more severe psychiatric problems than people with MID and LP. There is, therefore, a crucial need for increasing the awareness in society of BIF. Although this study's follow-up data were collected about 20 years ago, it is still relevant because people with BIF are a neglected group and still face growing demands in school and work life with no marked changes in services.
残疾抚恤金、精神保健、医疗保健和智障人士及边缘智力功能（BIF）服务的使用情况与普通人群以及另外两个研究组进行了比较，这两个研究组包括轻度智障人士（MIDs）和学习问题（LPs）。
本研究基于人群的样本（N=416973）“芬兰缩影”于 1962 年收集，并一直跟踪到 1998 年。为了进行本研究，我们将人群分为三组：BIF（n=416）、MID（n=312）和 LP（n=284）。使用国家登记册来检查服务的使用情况。
与普通人群相比，BIF 患者获得残疾抚恤金的可能性高 2.7 倍，接受精神保健的可能性高 3.4 倍。与 LP 患者相比，他们也更系统地使用了更多的服务。
BIF 患者有工作能力丧失和面临严重精神健康问题的风险。他们似乎也比 MID 和 LP 患者有更严重的精神问题。因此，提高社会对 BIF 的认识至关重要。尽管本研究的随访数据是在大约 20 年前收集的，但它仍然具有相关性，因为 BIF 患者是一个被忽视的群体，在学校和工作生活中面临越来越多的需求，但服务并没有明显变化。
