Wieseler N A, Hanson R H, Nord G
Faribault Regional Center, Minnesota, USA.
Am J Ment Retard. 1995 Jul;100(1):1-5.
A retrospective study was conducted to determine whether severe self-injurious behavior was associated with shortened lengths of life or greater sensory impairments for Minnesota Regional Treatment Center residents with developmental disabilities. The client records of 209 institutionalized individuals who died between January 1, 1980, and December 31, 1989, were reviewed. The data revealed that the 29 clients who exhibited severe self-injury did not live significantly shorter lives compared to matched cohorts without self-injury. However, those clients with severe self-injury were found to have a significantly higher incidence of vision and hearing impairments than did the matched cohorts. Implications of these findings were discussed.
开展了一项回顾性研究，以确定明尼苏达地区治疗中心发育障碍居民的严重自伤行为是否与寿命缩短或更严重的感觉障碍有关。研究回顾了1980年1月1日至1989年12月31日期间死亡的209名住院患者的病历。数据显示，与无自伤行为的匹配队列相比，表现出严重自伤行为的29名患者的寿命并未显著缩短。然而，发现那些有严重自伤行为的患者的视力和听力障碍发生率明显高于匹配队列。讨论了这些发现的意义。
