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Harris ST, Schieve LA, Drews-Botsch C, DiGuiseppi C, Tian LH, Soke GN, Bradley CB, Windham GC. Pregnancy Planning and its Association with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Findings from the Study to Explore Early Development. Matern Child Health J 2024; 28:949-958. [PMID: 38198102 PMCID: PMC11001519 DOI: 10.1007/s10995-023-03877-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/11/2024]
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OBJECTIVES To examine associations between pregnancy planning and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in offspring. METHODS The Study to Explore Early Development (SEED), a multi-site case-control study, enrolled preschool-aged children with ASD, other DDs, and from the general population (POP). Some children with DDs had ASD symptoms but did not meet the ASD case definition. We examined associations between mother's report of trying to get pregnant (pregnancy planning) and (1) ASD and (2) ASD symptomatology (ASD group, plus DD with ASD symptoms group combined) (each vs. POP group). We computed odds ratios adjusted for demographic, maternal, health, and perinatal health factors (aORs) via logistic regression. Due to differential associations by race-ethnicity, final analyses were stratified by race-ethnicity. RESULTS Pregnancy planning was reported by 66.4%, 64.8%, and 76.6% of non-Hispanic White (NHW) mothers in the ASD, ASD symptomatology, and POP groups, respectively. Among NHW mother-child pairs, pregnancy planning was inversely associated with ASD (aOR = 0.71 [95% confidence interval 0.56-0.91]) and ASD symptomatology (aOR = 0.67 [0.54-0.84]). Pregnancy planning was much less common among non-Hispanic Black mothers (28-32% depending on study group) and Hispanic mothers (49-56%) and was not associated with ASD or ASD symptomatology in these two race-ethnicity groups. CONCLUSION Pregnancy planning was inversely associated with ASD and ASD symptomatology in NHW mother-child pairs. The findings were not explained by several adverse maternal or perinatal health factors. The associations observed in NHW mother-child pairs did not extend to other race-ethnicity groups, for whom pregnancy planning was lower overall.
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- Shericka T Harris
- National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy NE, Mailstop S106-4, Atlanta, GA, 30341, USA.
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- National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy NE, Mailstop S106-4, Atlanta, GA, 30341, USA
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- Department of Global and Community Health, College of Health and Human Services, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, MS: 5B7, Fairfax, VA, 22030, USA
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- Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, 80045, Aurora, CO, USA
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- National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy NE, Mailstop S106-4, Atlanta, GA, 30341, USA
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- Center for Global Health, Global Immunization Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA
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- Gillings School of Global Public Health, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA
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- California Department of Public Health, Environmental Health Investigations Branch, Richmond, CA, 94804, USA
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Ljubičić M, Šare S, Kolčić I. Sleep Quality and Evening Salivary Cortisol Levels in Association with the Psychological Resources of Parents of Children with Developmental Disorders and Type 1 Diabetes. J Autism Dev Disord 2024:10.1007/s10803-024-06269-7. [PMID: 38300504 DOI: 10.1007/s10803-024-06269-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/25/2024] [Indexed: 02/02/2024]
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BACKGROUND Sleep deprivation can decrease parental well-being and degrade mental and physical health in parents of children with chronic illness. The aim of this study was to explore the associations of sleep quality, psychological stress perception, and evening salivary cortisol concentration with self-esteem, optimism and happiness in parents of children with type 1 diabetes and developmental disorders compared to parents of healthy, typically developing children. METHODS We studied 196 parents of children with chronic conditions, including autistic spectrum disorder (N = 33), cerebral palsy (N = 18), Down syndrome (N = 33), and diabetes mellitus type 1 (N = 40) and parents of healthy children (N = 72). We evaluated parental sleep quality, evening salivary cortisol levels, self-esteem, optimism and happiness. Multiple linear regression models were used to assess associations between variables. RESULTS Compared with those of the control group, the parents of children with autistic spectrum disorders had higher evening cortisol concentrations (β = 0.17; p = 0.038) and lower perceptions of happiness (β=-0.17; p = 0.017), while parents of children with type 1 diabetes had disrupted sleep quality (β = 0.25; p = 0.003). Optimism was negatively associated with the evening cortisol concentration (β=-0.18; p = 0.023) and sleep quality index (β=-0.20; p = 0.012). CONCLUSIONS Public health programs aimed at lifestyle habit improvement, respite care, and relaxation for parents of children with chronic conditions would be useful for improving parental sleep quality, self-esteem, optimism and happiness.
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- Marija Ljubičić
- Department of Health Studies, University of Zadar, Splitska 1, Zadar, 23000, Croatia.
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- Department of Health Studies, University of Zadar, Splitska 1, Zadar, 23000, Croatia
- Medical School Ante Kuzmanića Zadar, Franje Tuđmana 24G, Zadar, 23000, Croatia
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- Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Split, Šoltanska 2, Split, 21000, Croatia
- Algebra LAB, Algebra University College, Gradišćanska ul. 24, Zagreb, 10000, Croatia
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Haugland M, Hartmann K, Feinn R, Gowdy L, Marquis-Eydman T. Interprofessional Approach to Educate Health Care Students About Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Adaptive Communication and Physical Activity Planning. MedEdPORTAL 2023; 19:11317. [PMID: 37346470 PMCID: PMC10279807 DOI: 10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2022] [Accepted: 02/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/23/2023]
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Introduction People with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD) are a historically marginalized population and often require complex team-based health care services. Health care students receive little, if any, training about caring for this population. Improving training at the student level can improve health care quality for this population. Methods We developed a two-part interprofessional seminar series to increase students' knowledge, attitudes, and skills regarding caring for patients with IDD. The seminars were taught over Zoom and utilized presentation slides, prerecorded mock video interviews, and breakout room discussions focused on adaptive communication and developing adaptive physical activity plans for people with IDD. Participants comprised undergraduate and graduate students from various health care professional programs, including occupational therapy, medicine, and nursing. Results Part 1 had 208 participants, and part 2 had 107 participants. Both seminars were assessed using pre- and postsurveys that demonstrated increased participant comfort and confidence with the respective subjects. Competence of learned skills was not assessed. Participants in both seminars felt they would benefit from more direct interaction with people with IDD to practice learned skills. Discussion The results are encouraging for continued implementation at Quinnipiac University, with potential for use in other programs. Further iterations may include people with IDD serving as seminar cofacilitators, opportunities for students to directly interact with people with IDD, and use of an assessment approach evaluating learned skills competence. Curriculum expansion should cover the unique health care inequities faced by people with IDD who also belong to other marginalized groups.
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- Megan Haugland
- Fourth-Year Medical Student, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University
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- Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Healthcare Education, Quinnipiac University
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- Associate Professor, Department of Medical Sciences, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University
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- Assistant Dean for Faculty Engagement, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University
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Comer-HaGans D, Weller BE, Story C, Holton J. Developmental stages and estimated prevalence of coexisting mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions and service use in youth with intellectual disabilities, 2011-2012. J Intellect Disabil Res 2020; 64:185-196. [PMID: 31894615 DOI: 10.1111/jir.12708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2018] [Revised: 08/10/2019] [Accepted: 11/21/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Few studies exist on mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions and service use among youth with intellectual disabilities (IDs), which makes it difficult to develop interventions for this population. The objective of the study is to (1) estimate and compare the prevalence of mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions in youth with and without ID across three developmental stages and (2) estimate and compare mental health service use in youth with and without ID across three developmental stages. METHODS We conducted secondary data analysis using cross-sectional data collected from caregivers completing the 2011-2012 National Survey of Children's Health. The data set represents a nationally representative sample of youth (0-17 years) in the USA with one child from each household being randomly selected. Data were collected from caregivers in 50 states, Washington D.C. and the US Virgin Islands. We restricted the sample to parents of youth between 3-17 years (N = 81 510). RESULTS Compared with youth without ID, youth ages 3-17 with ID had a statistically significantly higher prevalence of (1) mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions and (2) mental health care use and medication use for mental health and neurodevelopmental issues (other than attention deficit disorder/attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). Clinically significant differences in coexisting conditions and service use were also found across developmental stages. CONCLUSIONS Youth with ID are at greater risk of having coexisting mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions than youth without ID and are more likely to receive treatment. Therefore, clinicians should consider mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions and the unique needs of youth by developmental stage when tailoring interventions for youth with ID.
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- D Comer-HaGans
- Department of Health Administration, College of Health and Human Services, Governors State University, University Park, IL
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- College of Health and Human Services, School of Social Work, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
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- Community and Public Health, College of Health and Behavioral Sciences, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
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Nevala N, Pehkonen I, Teittinen A, Vesala HT, Pörtfors P, Anttila H. The Effectiveness of Rehabilitation Interventions on the Employment and Functioning of People with Intellectual Disabilities: A Systematic Review. J Occup Rehabil 2019; 29:773-802. [PMID: 31098847 PMCID: PMC6838041 DOI: 10.1007/s10926-019-09837-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Purpose This systematic review analyzed the effectiveness of rehabilitation interventions on the employment and functioning of people with intellectual disabilities (ID), as well as barriers and facilitators of employment. Methods This was a systematic review of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods studies. The outcomes were employment, transition to the open labor market and functioning. The review included qualitative studies of employment barriers and facilitators. The population comprised people with ID aged 16-68 years. Peer-reviewed articles published in English between January 1990 and February 2019 were obtained from the databases Cinahl, the Cochrane Library, Embase, Eric, Medic, Medline, OTseeker, Pedro, PsycInfo, PubMed, Socindex, and the Web of Science. We also searched Google Scholar and Base. The modified selection instrument (PIOS: participants, intervention, outcome, and study design) used in the selection of the articles depended on the selection criteria. Results Ten quantitative (one randomized controlled, one concurrently controlled, and eight cohort studies), six qualitative studies, one multimethod study, and 21 case studies met the inclusion criteria. The quantitative studies showed that secondary education increases employment among people with ID when it includes work experience and personal support services. Supported employment also increased employment in the open labor market, which sheltered work did not. The barriers to employment were the use of sheltered work, discrimination in vocational experience, the use of class teaching, and deficient work experience while still at school. The facilitators of employment were one's own activity, the support of one's family, job coaching, a well-designed work environment, appreciation of one's work, support form one's employer and work organization, knowledge and experience of employment during secondary education, and for entrepreneurs, the use of a support person. Conclusions The employment of people with ID can be improved through secondary education including proper teaching methods and personal support services, the use of supported work, workplace accommodations and support from one's family and employer. These results can be utilized in the development of rehabilitation, education, and the employment of people with ID, to allow them the opportunity to work in the open labor market and participate in society.
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- Nina Nevala
- Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, PO Box 40, 00032, Työterveyslaitos, Finland.
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- Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, PO Box 40, 00032, Työterveyslaitos, Finland
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- The Finnish Association On Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Viljatie 4 A, 007004, Helsinki, Finland
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- The Finnish Association On Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Viljatie 4 A, 007004, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, PO Box 30, 00271, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, PO Box 30, 00271, Helsinki, Finland
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Lundbye CJ, Toft AKH, Banke TG. Inhibition of GluN2A NMDA receptors ameliorates synaptic plasticity deficits in the Fmr1 -/y mouse model. J Physiol 2018; 596:5017-5031. [PMID: 30132892 DOI: 10.1113/jp276304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2018] [Accepted: 08/20/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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KEY POINTS Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is a genetic condition that is the most common form of inherited intellectual impairment and causes a range of neurodevelopmental complications including learning disabilities and intellectual disability and shares many characteristics with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In the FXS mouse model, Fmr1-/y , impaired synaptic plasticity was restored by pharmacologically inhibiting GluN2A-containing NMDA receptors but not GluN2B-containing receptors. Similar results were obtained by crossing Fmr1-/y with GluN2A knock-out (Grin2A-/- ) mice. These results suggest that dampening the elevated levels of GluN2A-containing NMDA receptors in Fmr1-/y mice has the potential to restore hyperexcitability of the neural circuitry to (a more) normal-like level of brain activity. ABSTRACT NMDA receptors (NMDARs) play important roles in synaptic plasticity at central excitatory synapses, and dysregulation of their function may lead to severe disorders such Fragile X syndrome (FXS). FXS is caused by transcriptional silencing of the FMR1 gene followed by lack of the encoding protein. Here we examined the effects of pharmacological and genetic manipulation of hippocampal NMDAR functions in long-term potentiation (LTP) and depression (LTD). We found impaired NMDAR-dependent LTP in the Fmr1-deficient mice, which could be fully restored when GluN2A-containing NMDARs was pharmacological inhibited. Interestingly, similar LTP effects were observed when the GluN2A gene (Grin2a) was deleted in Fmr1-/y mice (Fmr1-/y /Grin2a-/- double knockout). In addition, GluN2A inhibition improved elevated mGluR5-dependent LTD to normal level in the Fmr1-/y mouse. These findings suggest that GluN2A is a promising target in FXS research that could help us better understand the disorder.
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- Camilla J Lundbye
- Institute of Biomedicine - Physiology, Aarhus University, DK-8000, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Institute of Biomedicine - Physiology, Aarhus University, DK-8000, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Institute of Biomedicine - Physiology, Aarhus University, DK-8000, Aarhus, Denmark
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Owuor J, Larkan F. Assistive Technology for an Inclusive Society for People with Intellectual Disability. Stud Health Technol Inform 2017; 242:805-812. [PMID: 28873889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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People with intellectual disability (ID), are some of the most stigmatized and marginalized social groups. Ongoing global initiatives such as the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCPD) and Strategic Development Goals (SDGs) aim to accelerate their inclusion into the society. In many high-income countries, deinstitutionalization of care for people with ID forms part of the broader social inclusion agenda for people with ID into the society. Access to appropriate assistive technology (AT) can mediate the ongoing normalization/inclusion efforts for people with ID. AT can enable users with ID to access societal processes such as education, employment, socialization or independent living. Effective use of AT can also enhance the formation and/or maintenance of interpersonal relationships by people with ID, thus promote their social support.
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- John Owuor
- Centre for Global Health, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
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- Centre for Global Health, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
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Symons FJ, ElGhazi I, Reilly BG, Barney CC, Hanson L, Panoskaltsis-Mortari A, Armitage IM, Wilcox GL. Can biomarkers differentiate pain and no pain subgroups of nonverbal children with cerebral palsy? A preliminary investigation based on noninvasive saliva sampling. Pain Med 2014; 16:249-56. [PMID: 25234580 DOI: 10.1111/pme.12545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Assessing and treating pain in nonverbal children with developmental disabilities are a clinical challenge. Current assessment approaches rely on clinical impression and behavioral rating scales completed by proxy report. Given the growing health relevance of the salivary metabolome, we undertook a translational-oriented feasibility study using proton nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and neuropeptide/cytokine/hormone detection to compare a set of salivary biomarkers relevant to nociception. DESIGN Within-group observational design. SETTING Tertiary pediatric rehabilitation hospital. SUBJECTS Ten nonverbal pediatric patients with cerebral palsy with and without pain. METHODS Unstimulated (passively collected) saliva was collected using oral swabs followed by perchloric acid extraction and analyzed on a Bruker Avance 700 MHz NMR spectrometer. We also measured salivary levels of several cytokines, chemokines, hormones, and neuropeptides. RESULTS Partial least squares discriminant analysis showed separation of those children with/without pain for a number of different biomarkers. The majority of the salivary metabolite, neuropeptide, cytokine, and hormone levels were higher in children with pain vs no pain. CONCLUSIONS The ease of collection and noninvasive manner in which the samples were collected and analyzed support the possibility of the regular predictive use of this novel biomarker-monitoring method in clinical practice.
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- Frank J Symons
- Department of Educational Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Center for Neurobehavioral Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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