Challenge to detecting health warning signs of adults with an Intellectual Disability (ID) having difficulty in expressing symptoms in the community

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K15917
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Community health nursing
• Research Institution: Kanagawa University of Human Services
• Principal Investigator: KIM SOOJA 神奈川県立保健福祉大学, 保健福祉学部, 准教授 (60279776)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 洪 英在 三重大学, 医学部, 助教 (40538873)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 知的障害 / 自覚症状 / 健康危険サイン / 健康状態

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In order to detect health warning signs of adults with an intellectual disability (ID) having difficulty of expressing their symptoms in the community, interviews were conducted. Result of those interviews with seven ID’s family members, fifteen facility staffs, and five nurses at warfare faculties in three areas, showed that they were always comparing with the usual state of ID’s daily activities, vital signs, or health checkup for early detection of abnormality. They could notice visually confirmed signs (cough, runny nose, cold, fever, frequent toilet, vomiting). It, however, was difficult to detect "pain" "excretion situation" and "somehow strange" and lead to medical treatment. According to the information exchange at the international conference, these was the same situation in the world.

Free Research Field

医療福祉学　地域看護学　基礎看護学