Overweight/obesity and chronic health conditions in older people with intellectual disability in Ireland
dc.contributor.author | Ryan, Jennifer M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Mccallion, Philip | |
dc.contributor.author | Luus, Retha | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-11-15T12:29:09Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-11-15T12:29:09Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.description.abstract | This study examines overweight/obesity and chronic health conditions (CHCs) in older people with intellectual disability (ID).Data for this cross-sectional observational study emanated from Wave 2 of the Intellectual Disability Supplement to the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, a longitudinal study assessing the health and well-being of older Irish adults with ID aged ≥40 years across all levels of ID. Participation involves an interview process and collation of objective health measures. In this study, body mass index (BMI) (n = 572), used as a measure of weight status, was examined with clustered doctor’s diagnosed CHCs. Descriptive analysis was conducted where counts (n) and proportions (%) were used to summarise the variables univariately, while cross-tabulations were used for bivariate summary into counts and proportions. With overweight/obesity prevalence established and patterns described using logistical regression, Pearson’s chi-squared test was used to test for significant associations. | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Ryan, J. M. et al. (2021). Overweight/obesity and chronic health conditions in older people with intellectual disability in Ireland. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. https://doi.org/10.1111/jir.12900 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1365-2788 | |
dc.identifier.issn | https://doi.org/10.1111/jir.12900 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10566/7015 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Wiley | en_US |
dc.subject | Chronic health conditions | |
dc.subject | Body mass index | |
dc.subject | Intellectual disability | |
dc.subject | Obesity | |
dc.subject | Overweight | |
dc.title | Overweight/obesity and chronic health conditions in older people with intellectual disability in Ireland | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |