A Description of Medical Conditions in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Follow-Up of the 1980s Utah/UCLA Autism Epidemiologic Study

Autor/inn/en	Jones, Kyle B.; Cottle, Kristina; Bakian, Amanda; Farley, Megan; Bilder, Deborah; Coon, Hilary; McMahon, William M.
Titel	A Description of Medical Conditions in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Follow-Up of the 1980s Utah/UCLA Autism Epidemiologic Study
Quelle	In: Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 20 (2016) 5, S.551-561 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1362-3613
DOI	10.1177/1362361315594798
Schlagwörter	Adults; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Developmental Disabilities; Child Development; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Questionnaires; Hospitals; Surgery; Drug Therapy; Age Differences; Comorbidity; Intellectual Disability; Seizures; Obesity; Sleep; Physiology; Gender Differences; Chronic Illness; Longitudinal Studies; Epidemiology; Intelligence Tests; Cognitive Ability; Statistical Analysis; Nonparametric Statistics; Diseases; Utah; Stanford Binet Intelligence Scale; Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Entwicklungsstörung; Kindesentwicklung; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Fragebogen; Krankengymnast; Krankenhaus; Chirurgie; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Intellect; Disability; Disabilities; Verstand; Behinderung; Anfallsleiden; Adipositas; Schlaf; Physiologie; Geschlechterkonflikt; Chronic disease; Chronische Krankheit; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Epidemiologie; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest; Denkfähigkeit; Statistische Analyse; Disease; Krankheit
Abstract	This study describes medical conditions experienced by a population-based cohort of adults with autism spectrum disorder whose significant developmental concerns were apparent during childhood. As part of a 25-year outcome study of autism spectrum disorder in adulthood, medical histories were collected on 92 participants (N = 69 males) who were first ascertained as children in the mid-1980s, 11 of whom were deceased at the time of follow-up. Questionnaires queried medical symptoms, disorders, hospitalizations, surgeries, and medication use. Median age at follow-up was 36 years (range: 23.5-50.5 years), and intellectual disability co-occurred in 62%. The most common medical conditions were seizures, obesity, insomnia, and constipation. The median number of medical conditions per person was 11. Increased medical comorbidity was associated with female gender (p = 0.01) and obesity (p = 0.03), but not intellectual disability (p = 0.79). Adults in this cohort of autism spectrum disorder first ascertained in the 1980s experience a high number of chronic medical conditions, regardless of intellectual ability. Understanding of these conditions commonly experienced should direct community-based and medical primary care for this population. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01