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Comorbidities and quality of life in children with intellectual disability

Many children with intellectual disability live with medical comorbidities. This study examined the impacts of comorbidities on quality of life (QOL) of children with intellectual disabilities and whether impacts varied with caregiver perceptions that medical needs had been met.

Citation:
Reddihough D, Leonard H, Jacoby P, Kim R, Epstein A, Murphy N, Reid S, Whitehouse AJO, Williams K, Downs J. Comorbidities and quality of life in children with intellectual disability. Child Care Health Dev. 2021:47(5); 654-66.

Keywords:
Adolescents; children; comorbidity; intellectual disability; quality of life

Abstract:
Many children with intellectual disability live with medical comorbidities. This study examined the impacts of comorbidities on quality of life (QOL) of children with intellectual disabilities and whether impacts varied with caregiver perceptions that medical needs had been met.