Effects of communication disorder status on risk for eleven common health conditions in the All of Us Research Program in the USA: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine if communication disorders (1) increase the risk for common mental and physical health conditions and (2) if risk varies by age of onset (≤25 years (developmental) or >25 years (acquired)) by using the large-scale All of Us Research Program participant-reported survey data to electronic health records (EHR) data. We hypothesised that adults with a communication disorder would have a higher risk of mental and physical health conditions.

Design

A retrospective cross-sectional study.

Setting

Secondary analysis of EHR and online surveys conducted in the USA.

Participants

We assessed 410 360 US adults enrolled in the All of Us Research Program from August 2023 to May 2024 for study eligibility. We used medical diagnosis of a communication diso

SUBMITTER: Lancaster HS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12911739 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature