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Intellectual disability nursing
Review of the association of frailty with intellectual disability reveals large gaps in knowledge
  1. Michael Barton Laws
  1. Health Services, Policy and Practice, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Michael Barton Laws, Health Services, Policy and Practice, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island, USA; Michael_Barton_Laws{at}Brown.edu

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2024-104092

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    Commentary on: Dominique Grohmann D, Wellsted, D. Mengoni, S.E. Definition, assessment and management of frailty for people with intellectual disabilities: A scoping review. J Appl Res Intellect Disabil. 2024;37:e13219. https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.13219

    Implications for practice and research

    • This review confirms the known relationship between intellectual disability (ID) and increased incidence and early onset of frailty. However, it includes only a single intervention trial.

    • Literature largely fails to discriminate among forms and severity of ID and provides little information about risk factors for frailty among people with ID or to inform practice. A better-focused research undertaking is needed.

    Context

    A scoping review on the association between ID and frailty was published in 2016,1 which found that frailty may affect people with ID at a young age and is associated with negative outcomes. The authors of the paper discussed here sought to …

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    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.