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Rates, causes, place and predictors of mortality in adults with intellectual disabilities with and without Down syndrome : cohort study with record linkage
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dc.contributor.author | Cooper, Sally-Ann | |
dc.contributor.author | Allan, Linda | |
dc.contributor.author | Greenlaw, Nicola | |
dc.contributor.author | McSkimming, Paula | |
dc.contributor.author | Jasilek, Adam | |
dc.contributor.author | Henderson, Angela | |
dc.contributor.author | McCowan, Colin | |
dc.contributor.author | Kinnear, Deborah | |
dc.contributor.author | Melville, Craig | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-05-19T10:30:01Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-05-19T10:30:01Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-05-17 | |
dc.identifier | 268010217 | |
dc.identifier | 2804ffdd-3bc0-4e72-9b09-e9e4f750fae0 | |
dc.identifier | 85084881665 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Cooper , S-A , Allan , L , Greenlaw , N , McSkimming , P , Jasilek , A , Henderson , A , McCowan , C , Kinnear , D & Melville , C 2020 , ' Rates, causes, place and predictors of mortality in adults with intellectual disabilities with and without Down syndrome : cohort study with record linkage ' , BMJ Open , vol. 10 , no. 5 , e036465 . https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036465 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 2044-6055 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-9466-833X/work/74510366 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/19960 | |
dc.description | Funding: UK Medical Research Council, grant number: MC_PC_17217), and the Scottish Government via the Scottish Learning Disabilities Observatory. | en |
dc.description.abstract | Objectives To investigate mortality in adults with intellectual disabilities: rates, causes, place, demographic and clinical predictors. Design Cohort study with record linkage to death data. Setting General community. Participants 961/1023 (94%) adults (16–83 years; mean=44.1 years; 54.6% male) with intellectual disabilities, clinically examined in 2001–2004; subsequently record-linked to their National Health Service number, allowing linkage to death certificate data, 2018. Outcome measures Standardised mortality ratios (SMRs), underlying and all contributing causes of death, avoidable deaths, place, and demographic and clinical predictors of death. Results 294/961 (30.6%) had died; 64/179 (35.8%) with Down syndrome, 230/783 (29.4%) without Down syndrome. SMR overall=2.24 (1.98, 2.49); Down syndrome adults=5.28 (3.98, 6.57), adults without Down syndrome=1.93 (1.68, 2.18); male=1.69 (1.42, 1.95), female=3.48 (2.90, 4.06). SMRs decreased as age increased. More severe intellectual disabilities increased SMR, but ability was not retained in the multivariable model. SMRs were higher for most International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision chapters. For adults without Down syndrome, aspiration/reflux/choking and respiratory infection were the the most common underlying causes of mortality; for Down syndrome adults ‘Down syndrome’, and dementia were most common. Amenable deaths (29.8%) were double that in the general population (14%); 60.3% died in hospital. Mortality risk related to percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy/tube fed, Down syndrome, diabetes, lower respiratory tract infection at cohort-entry, smoking, epilepsy, hearing impairment, increasing number of prescribed drugs, increasing age. Bowel incontinence reduced mortality risk. Conclusions Adults with intellectual disabilities with and without Down syndrome have different SMRs and causes of death which should be separately reported. Both die younger, from different causes than other people. Some mortality risks are similar to other people, with earlier mortality reflecting more multimorbidity; amenable deaths are also common. This should inform actions to reduce early mortality, for example, training to avoid aspiration/choking, pain identification to address problems before they are advanced, and reasonable adjustments to improve healthcare quality. | |
dc.format.extent | 12 | |
dc.format.extent | 356818 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | BMJ Open | en |
dc.subject | RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine | en |
dc.subject | RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry | en |
dc.subject | 3rd-DAS | en |
dc.subject | SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being | en |
dc.subject.lcc | RA0421 | en |
dc.subject.lcc | RC0321 | en |
dc.title | Rates, causes, place and predictors of mortality in adults with intellectual disabilities with and without Down syndrome : cohort study with record linkage | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | Medical Research Council | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Medicine | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Sir James Mackenzie Institute for Early Diagnosis | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Population and Behavioural Science Division | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036465 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | MC_PC_17217 | en |
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