Prevalence and risk markers of behavior problems among adults with intellectual disabilities: A total population study in Örebro County, Sweden

• Published in: Research in developmental disabilities Vol. 34; no. 4; pp. 1346 - 1356
• Main Author: Lundqvist, Lars-Olov
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2013; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Adults; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aggression; Aggressive/destructive behavior; Antisocial Behavior; At Risk Persons; Autism; Behavior Problems; Behavior Problems Inventory (BPI); Biological and medical sciences; Cerebral Palsy; Challenging behavior; Communication Problems; Down Syndrome; Drug Therapy; Epidemiologi; Epidemiology; Female; Foreign Countries; Humans; Incidence; Intellectual deficiency; Intellectual Disability - complications; Male; Medical sciences; Mental Disorders; Mental Disorders - complications; Mental Disorders - diagnosis; Mental Retardation; Middle Aged; Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Risk Assessment; Self Destructive Behavior; Self-injurious behavior; Self-Injurious Behavior - complications; Self-Injurious Behavior - diagnosis; Sensory Experience; Severity (of Disability); Severity of Illness Index; Sleep; Stereotyped Behavior; Surveys and Questionnaires; Sweden; Young Adult; Sweden; Europe; Aggressive/destructive behavior; Behavior Problems Inventory (BPI); Self-injurious behavior; Stereotyped behavior; Challenging behavior; Human; Handicap; Self injury; Prevalence; Questionnaire; Psychometrics; Developmental disorder; Risk taking; Epidemiology; Mental retardation; Behavioral disorder; Population-based survey; Risk factor; Intellectual deficiency; Adult; Behavior; Stereotypy; Public health; Aggressiveness

► Data comprised all adults (n=915) with intellectual disability (ID) in the region. ► Sixty-two percent of the participants had at least one behavior problem. ► Nineteen percent had challenging behaviors. ► The most important risk markers were ID level, autism, and sensory hypersensitivity. The aim...