Hospitalisation rates for epilepsy, asthma and insulin-dependent diabetes in 796 190 school-aged children and young people with and without intellectual disabilities: a record-linkage cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate hospitalisation rates for the ambulatory care-sensitive conditions of epilepsy, asthma and insulin-dependent diabetes in school-aged children and young people with intellectual disabilities in comparison with their peers.

Design

Record-linkage cohort study. Scotland's Pupil Census, 2008-2013, was used to identify pupils with and without intellectual disabilities and was linked with the Prescribing Information Service to identify pupils with epilepsy, asthma and insulin-dependent diabetes, and the Scottish Morbidity Records-01 to identify hospital admissions.

Setting

The general child population of Scotland.

Participants

School pupils aged 4-19 years; 18 278 with intellectual disabilities and 777 912 without intellectual disabilities.

SUBMITTER: Smith GS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11843016 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature