Devitt Alison, Nott Melissa, Nelson Stephanie, Sgarlata Julia, Gray Michelle, Balachandran Srilaxmi, Taskin Asma
Specialised Intellectual Disability Health Team, Western New South Wales Local Health District, Orange, Australia.
School of Nursing, Paramedicine, and Healthcare Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Orange, Australia.
J Appl Res Intellect Disabil. 2025 Jan;38(1):e13328. doi: 10.1111/jar.13328.
The COVID-19 pandemic precipitated a rapid roll-out of virtual health care services to people with intellectual disabilities. Limited evidence is available for clinicians to guide virtual care delivery.
Twenty-three studies were identified through systematic searching of 16 databases. Extracted data were mapped to the NSW Virtual Health Strategy.
Evidence exists to support the use of virtual care for screening, diagnosis, assessment, and review of people with intellectual disabilities, with benefits for clients, carers, and clinicians. Evidence mapped well to the priority areas of the NSW Virtual Health Strategy, highlighting the need for clinician training and specific supports and adaptations to ensure accessibility for people with intellectual disabilities.
The use of virtual care to assess the health needs of people with intellectual disabilities across the lifespan is nascent. An opportunity exists for co-design with people with intellectual disabilities to reduce barriers to accessing and engaging in virtual care.
新冠疫情促使针对智障人士的虚拟医疗服务迅速推出。临床医生可用于指导虚拟护理服务的证据有限。
通过系统检索16个数据库确定了23项研究。提取的数据被映射到新南威尔士州虚拟健康战略。
有证据支持对智障人士进行虚拟护理筛查、诊断、评估和复查,这对客户、护理人员和临床医生都有益处。证据与新南威尔士州虚拟健康战略的优先领域契合度良好,凸显了临床医生培训以及特定支持和调整的必要性,以确保智障人士能够使用虚拟护理服务。
在整个生命周期中使用虚拟护理来评估智障人士的健康需求尚处于起步阶段。存在与智障人士共同设计以减少获取和参与虚拟护理障碍的机会。