2023
DOI: 10.1111/jir.13013
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A new measure of physicians' erroneous assumptions towards adults with intellectual disability: A first study

Abstract: Background Incomplete knowledge and unfamiliarity with intellectual disability (ID) contribute to erroneous assumptions of physicians towards ID, which negatively impact the health equity of people with ID. This study aimed to identify the erroneous assumptions that, based on the ID stakeholders' perceptions, were the most prevalent in physicians and damaging for the healthcare of adults with ID, verify their unidimensionality and that no personal characteristics of ID stakeholders were associated with their r… Show more

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“…Clearly stating that patients with disabilities must fully participate in all the decisions concerning their health (Law 227, 2021) implies that healthcare providers must be trained to properly care and interact with people with disability (and patients with ID specifically). Therefore, specific disability education should be introduced, standardized across the country, and required for all healthcare professionals, either as part of the degree programs or as mandatory courses in the continuing education programs (Bacherini et al, 2021(Bacherini et al, , 2022. Research conducted in Italy echoes international findings that healthcare providers (including psychiatrists) for adults with disability (including ID and ASD) felt unable to meet the specific needs of these populations.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Clearly stating that patients with disabilities must fully participate in all the decisions concerning their health (Law 227, 2021) implies that healthcare providers must be trained to properly care and interact with people with disability (and patients with ID specifically). Therefore, specific disability education should be introduced, standardized across the country, and required for all healthcare professionals, either as part of the degree programs or as mandatory courses in the continuing education programs (Bacherini et al, 2021(Bacherini et al, , 2022. Research conducted in Italy echoes international findings that healthcare providers (including psychiatrists) for adults with disability (including ID and ASD) felt unable to meet the specific needs of these populations.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…To achieve this goal, improvement of ID awareness and knowledge, about how to provide quality healthcare to patients with ID should be prioritized in health education in preservice, graduate/residency, and professional development contexts (Ankam et al, 2019;Havercamp et al, 2021;National Council on Disability, 2022). ID training will prepare the healthcare workforce to provide a better quality of care to their patients with ID who will then face fewer barriers, better health, and higher QoL (Bacherini et al, 2021(Bacherini et al, , 2023. Likewise, people with ID and their families, by maintaining a healthy lifestyle and using resources and tools made available by several programs and associations, can maximize their health outcomes and improve their QoL.…”
Section: Implications and Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Elements of support are, for example, the promotion of independent or interdependent choices (e.g., through a supported decision‐making approach) and autonomy, an inclusive and accessible healthcare environment, the use of specific devices, accommodations, and interventions adequate for the specific needs of each individual. The false assumption that ID confers poor QoL reflects pervasive negative biases and inaccurate assumptions about the QoL of people with ID (Bacherini et al, 2023; National Council on Disability, 2022).…”
Section: The Relationship Between Health Health Care and Quality Of Lifementioning
confidence: 99%