Specialist intellectual disability liaison nurses in general hospitals in England: cohort study using a large mortality dataset.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Intellectual disability liaison nurses in general hospitals could enhance access to high-quality, adapted healthcare and improve outcomes. We aimed to explore associations between the input of intellectual disability liaison nurses and the quality of care in people with intellectual disability who are admitted to hospital.

Design

Retrospective analysis of a national dataset of mortality reviews.

Setting

General hospitals in England.

Participants

4742 adults with intellectual disability who died in hospital between 2016 and 2021 and whose deaths were reviewed as part of the Learning from Lives and Deaths mortality review programme.

Outcome measures

We used logistic regression to compare the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of those

SUBMITTER: Sheehan R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11429435 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature