Mortality risk in adults with intellectual disabilities and epilepsy: an England and Wales case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People with epilepsy (PWE) and people with intellectual disabilities (ID) both live shorter lives than the general population and both conditions increase the risk of death further. We aimed to measure associations between certain risk factors for death in PWE and ID.

Methods

A retrospective case-control study was conducted in ten regions in England and Wales. Data were collected on PWE registered with secondary care ID and neurology services between 2017 and 2021. Prevalence rates of neurodevelopmental, psychiatric and medical diagnoses, seizure frequency, psychotropic and antiseizure medications (ASM) prescribed, and health activity (epilepsy reviews/risk assessments/care plans/compliance etc.) recorded were compared between the two groups.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Sun JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10078066 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature