A Survey of Carers Views on the Use of Rescue Medication in People with Intellectual Disability Having Prolonged Seizures: Are the Winds of Change Blowing?
“…In a survey on the use of rescue medication, 84 (60%) participants had an epilepsy care plan (Mukhopadhyay et al . ).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…In a community population of people with intellectual disabilities and epilepsy, the use of buccal midazolam was much more prevalent that the use of rectal diazepam (Mukhopadhyay et al . ). Buccal midazolam was rated as better across a range of parameters: convenience of administration; invasiveness of procedure; gender issues; social acceptability; consent issues; and onset of action.…”
There are no methodologically robust studies on service-related interventions for people with intellectual disabilities and epilepsy. Further research on improving service delivery is required to substantiate findings reported here.
“…In a survey on the use of rescue medication, 84 (60%) participants had an epilepsy care plan (Mukhopadhyay et al . ).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…In a community population of people with intellectual disabilities and epilepsy, the use of buccal midazolam was much more prevalent that the use of rectal diazepam (Mukhopadhyay et al . ). Buccal midazolam was rated as better across a range of parameters: convenience of administration; invasiveness of procedure; gender issues; social acceptability; consent issues; and onset of action.…”
There are no methodologically robust studies on service-related interventions for people with intellectual disabilities and epilepsy. Further research on improving service delivery is required to substantiate findings reported here.
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