Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Anemia in Children and Adolescents with Intellectual Disabilities

Autor/inn/en	Lin, Jin-Ding; Lin, Pei-Ying; Lin, Lan-Ping; Hsu, Shang-Wei; Loh, Ching-Hui; Yen, Chia-Feng; Fang, Wen-Hui; Chien, Wu-Chien; Tang, Chi-Chieh; Wu, Chia-Ling
Titel	Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Anemia in Children and Adolescents with Intellectual Disabilities
Quelle	In: Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 31 (2010) 1, S.25-32 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0891-4222
DOI	10.1016/j.ridd.2009.07.017
Schlagwörter	Special Schools; Physical Examinations; Incidence; Mental Retardation; Public Health; Diseases; At Risk Persons; Foreign Countries; Children; Adolescents; Child Health; Body Weight; Body Height; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Correlation; Nutrition; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Special school; Sonderschule; Medical examination; Medizinische Untersuchung; Vorkommen; Geistige Behinderung; Gesundheitswesen; Disease; Krankheit; Risikogruppe; Ausland; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Körpergewicht; Körpergröße; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Korrelation; Ernährung
Abstract	Anemia is known to be a significant public health problem in many countries. Most of the available information is incomplete or limited to special groups such as people with intellectual disability. The present study aims to provide the information of anemia prevalence and associated risk factors of children and adolescents with intellectual disability in Taiwan. We analyzed physical examination charts of 937 children and adolescents with intellectual disability at the age of 6-18 years from three special schools. We collected information on their demographic characteristics (age and gender), disability condition (type and level), BMI (weight and height) and measured blood hemoglobin concentration (Hb). There were 11.6% of children and adolescents with intellectual disability with anemia (boy less than 13 g/dl, girl less than 12 g/dl), and the factors of gender, age, disability level and BMI are significantly correlated to anemia in bivariant analyses in the study. In the logistic regression analysis, the model revealed that the factors of gender (OR = 0.63, 95% CI = 0.41-0.95), and age (OR = 3.21, 95% CI = 1.77-5.82) were variables that could significantly predict the anemia occurrence of the participants. The study highlights the anemia prevalence in children and adolescents with ID is a mild public health problem among people with intellectual disabilities, but to prevent the problems become worst; the health authority should include providing children and adolescents with adequate nutrition and appropriate health protections during early childhood. (Contains 1 figure and 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10