Boer, P H
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Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDR
Studies conducted on adults with Down syndrome have demonstrated the improvement of functional fitness (aerobic capacity, muscular strength, balance, flexibility, functional ability, body mass or body mass index) with varying exercise modalities but often with one or two components in isolation. Such modalities included walking, running, cycling, r...
Zaagsma, M Volkers, K M Swart, E A K Schippers, A P Van Hove, G
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During the COVID-19 outbreak, service providers in the Netherlands had to switch towards providing remote support for people with intellectual disabilities living independently. This study aims to provide insight into the use of online support during the outbreak. We analysed quantitative data on planned and unplanned contacts between the online su...
Schuengel, C Tummers, J Embregts, P J C M Leusink, G L
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The lockdown-measures in response to COVID-19 taken by long-term care organisations might have impacted problem behaviour and behavioural functioning of people with intellectual disability. This study tested changes in reported incidents, in particular regarding aggression, unexplained absence and, for contrast, medication errors. Metadata on weekl...
McConnell, E J Hill, E A Celmiņa, M Kotoulas, S-C Riha, R L
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Down's syndrome (DS) predisposes to sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). In children with DS, behavioural and emotional disturbances secondary to SDB are often assumed to result from cognitive impairment alone. Our aim was to explore the relationship of behavioural and emotional disturbances with SDB in a population of children with DS. A modified sle...
Mills, W R Sender, S Lichtefeld, J Romano, N Reynolds, K Price, M Phipps, J White, L Howard, S Poltavski, D
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It is unknown how the novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the cause of the current acute respiratory illness COVID-19 pandemic that has infected millions of people, affects people with intellectual and developmental disability (IDD). The aim of this study is to describe how individuals with IDD have been affected in the first 100 days of the COVID-19 pan...
de Campos Gomes, F de Melo-Neto, J S Goloni-Bertollo, E M Pavarino, É C
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Regional heterogeneities and sociodemographic characteristics affect mortality and population survival in Brazil. However, for individuals with Down syndrome (DS) this information remains unknown. In this study, we analysed survival and mortality rates among DS individuals in the five Brazilian geographic regions. In addition, we investigated wheth...
Cuypers, M Schalk, B W M Koks-Leensen, M C J Nägele, M E Bakker-van Gijssel, E J Naaldenberg, J Leusink, G L
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Data on the development of Covid-19 among people with intellectual disabilities (IDs) are scarce and it is uncertain to what extent general population data applies to people with ID. To give an indication of possible implications, this study investigated excess mortality patterns during a previous influenza epidemic. Using Dutch population and mort...
Rittmannsberger, D Yanagida, T Weber, G Lueger-Schuster, B
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A preponderance of behavioural symptoms is assumed to be the main difference in the manifestation of symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in people with intellectual disability (ID). However, no study so far has assessed the relationship between challenging behaviour (CB) and PTSD. The present study aims to explore this relationship by...
Armijos-Yambay, K Jordán Sierra, J A
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Pedagogical hope is a fundamental disposition for raising children. This attitude among fathers of children with Down syndrome (DS) plays an essential role in their children's development. This phenomenological study sought to explore fathers' lived experiences and to reflect on what it means to be a pedagogically hopeful father of a child with DS....
Lorang, E Hartley, S Sterling, A
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Parents of children with Down syndrome (DS) play an important role in their child's development. Physiological measures, such as electrodermal activity (EDA), can shed light on parent-child relations beyond the behavioural level. The goals of the current study were to assess the feasibility of collecting EDA data in preschool age children with DS, ...
