Reflexiones sobre el acceso a los servicios de salud de las personas con discapacidad intelectual o del desarrollo en el marco de la crisis sanitaria creada por la pandemia de la Covid-19

Bravo, Javier Muñoz; Sánchez-Dopico, Inés de Araoz

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“…2023, 13, 695 2 of 12 However, the measures implemented affected PID in multiple ways. Muñoz-Bravo and de Araoz-Sánchez-Dopico [14] pointed out that in situations where healthcare resources are scarce, as was the case during the pandemic, society, including healthcare professionals, tends to undervalue the quality of life of PID, which can lead to discriminatory decisions towards this group. This seems to be supported by the findings of Doody and Keenan [15], who noted in their review that, due to the measures implemented to control the spread of the virus, access to education and intervention services, such as mental health care services, was restricted for them.…”

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Mental Health of People with Intellectual Disabilities Living in Residential Care before, during, and after Lockdown

Gil-Llario,

Díaz-Rodríguez,

Fernández-García

et al. 2023

Behavioral Sciences

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Background: The impact of the COVID-19 on the well-being of people with intellectual disabilities (PID) has been little studied. Methods: We analyzed its impact with a cohort study quantitatively analyzing anxiety, depression, organic symptoms, quality of life, and support needs in 24 PID, aged 19–74 years (x¯ 40, σ = 13.09), living in a residential center, before, during, and after the pandemic. Results: Their mental health improved unexpectedly at the onset of the lockdown although there was an increase in organic symptoms. But, with the progress of the lockdown, their mental health deteriorated drastically. On the contrary, as expected, their quality of life and support needs worsened from the beginning of the lockdown until the country returned to normality, a time when there was a general recovery, without reaching pre-pandemic levels. These results show that the mental health of PID was affected differently to that of people without intellectual disabilities.

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Mental Health of People with Intellectual Disabilities Living in Residential Care before, during, and after Lockdown

Gil-Llario,

Díaz-Rodríguez,

Fernández-García

et al. 2023

Behavioral Sciences

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Health care for people with intellectual disability in Spain

Gómez

Morán

Solís

et al. 2023

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We describe the healthcare system for people with intellectual disability (ID) in Spain. First, we provide general population statistics before focusing on the most recent prevalence data related to people with disability in general, and with ID in particular. We also discuss how health care is organized. Most of the Spanish population is covered by the public healthcare system, which is structured into primary care (first‐level health services; easily accessible and capable of tackling the most common ailments) and specialized care (second‐level health services; comprising the most complex and costly diagnostic and therapeutic resources). We then explain Spain's primary legislation that promotes the rights of people with disabilities, highlighting the importance of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), which is enshrined in the Spanish General Law on the Rights of People with Disabilities and their Social Inclusion (Royal Legislative Decree 1/2013). Second, we describe the organization of Spanish disability support and health services, whose regulation is highly complex given that the autonomous regions set their own rules about coverage, services, and financing. Third, we present some recent studies that allow a better understanding of health care for people with ID in Spain, including a summary of the ongoing #Rights4MeToo project. We report specific data on the right to habilitation/rehabilitation. People with ID and professionals providing them with supports agreed that the most problematic aspects of health care for people with ID were the lack of: coordination across services, user‐friendly information to maintain or improve their health, psychological treatments, preventive medical check‐ups, and knowledge about disability among health professionals. There is a need to give people with ID priority access to services, reduce waiting times, increase the length of medical appointments, and create protocols and prevention campaigns targeting them.

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Reflexiones sobre el acceso a los servicios de salud de las personas con discapacidad intelectual o del desarrollo en el marco de la crisis sanitaria creada por la pandemia de la Covid-19

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Mental Health of People with Intellectual Disabilities Living in Residential Care before, during, and after Lockdown

Mental Health of People with Intellectual Disabilities Living in Residential Care before, during, and after Lockdown

Health care for people with intellectual disability in Spain

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