Healthy Ageing and Intellectual Disability study: summary of findings and the protocol for the 10-year follow-up study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The Healthy Ageing and Intellectual Disability (HA-ID) study is a prospective multicentre cohort study in the Netherlands that started in 2008, including 1050 older adults (aged ≥50) with intellectual disabilities (ID). The study is designed to learn more about the health and health risks of this group as they age. Compared with the amount of research in the general population, epidemiological research into the health of older adults with ID is still in its infancy. Longitudinal data about the health of this vulnerable and relatively unhealthy group are needed so that policy and care can be prioritised and for guiding clinical decision making about screening, prevention and treatment to improve healthy ageing.

Methods and analysis

This article presents a summary

SUBMITTER: de Leeuw MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8867312 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature