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The long-term psycho-social impact of the pandemic on people with intellectual disability and their carers

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  • Alexandra Gabrielsson
  • Meissam Moghaddassian
  • Indermeet Sawhney
  • Sophie Shardlow
  • Samuel Tromans
  • Paul Bassett
  • Rohit Shankar

Abstract

Background: People with intellectual disabilities (PWID) are at six times higher risk of death due to COVID-19. To mitigate harm, as a high-risk group, significant social changes were imposed on PWID in the UK. Alongside these changes, the uncertainty of the pandemic influence, caused PWID and their carers to encounter significant stress. The evidence of the pandemic’s psycho-social impact on PWID originates mainly from cross-sectional surveys conducted with professionals and carers. There is little research on the longitudinal psycho-social impact of the pandemic from PWID themselves. Aims: To examine the long-term psycho-social impact of the pandemic on PWID. Methods: A cross-sectional survey, following STROBE guidance, of 17 Likert scale statements (12 to PWID and 5 to their carers) to ascertain the pandemic’s psychosocial impact was conducted. Every other PWID open to a specialist Intellectual Disability service serving half a UK County (pop:500,000) was selected. The same survey was re-run with the same cohort a year later. Descriptive statistics, Mann-Whitney, Chi-square and unpaired-t tests were used to compare responses. S ignificance is taken at p

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  • Alexandra Gabrielsson & Meissam Moghaddassian & Indermeet Sawhney & Sophie Shardlow & Samuel Tromans & Paul Bassett & Rohit Shankar, 2023. "The long-term psycho-social impact of the pandemic on people with intellectual disability and their carers," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 69(7), pages 1781-1789, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:69:y:2023:i:7:p:1781-1789
    DOI: 10.1177/00207640231174373
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