RESTORING FUNCTIONALITY AND OPTIMAL HEALTH IN

INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED GERIATRIC PATIENTS

-LITERATURE REVIEW.
THE OXFORD COLLEGE OF PHYSIOTHERAPY,BANGALORE.
POS ; 023 AUTHORS ; NANDHINI.R , NIRUPAMA B.N ,BHAVIN RAJESH GEHLOT
GUIDED BY ; DR PINKY MARIA JOSE.

METHODOLOGY ; Twelve databases were searched for full text articles

reporting baseline nutritional intake, intellectual disabilities and health
• BACKGROUND ; In intellectual disability the cognition is status of adults greater than 60 years in rehabilitation settings. older
observed during delay developmental age. The reviewed adults were less active than younger adults. Clearly, the percentage of
literature clearly shows the various health, cultural and social inactive participants in our review is higher than the global healthy
well being of older adults. population, ID severity, living in care, gender, and age were
independently significantly correlated to the number of participants
the measurement of physical activity, and of the factors influencing
achieving minimum PAG; the strongest predictor being ID severity.
them, are important parts of health promoting efforts to address Overall, awID were not as active as the general population.
physical inactivity (Bauman, Phongsavan, Schoeppe, & Owen.
The context of intellectual disability refers to a person aged 40 EVIDENCE

years and older.(mc carron et al.,2017).

CLINICAL

• RESEARCH AIM ; to restore functionality and optimal health

AND
COMORB
COMMUN
ITY IDITIES
in elderly adults with intellectual disability to assess and SETTINGS. REPORT BASED
ON

help them to achieve self care needs..

• OBJECTIVE ; The present paper aims to describe the regular POPULATI
FUNCTIO
NAL
physical activity prevalence and to examine its ON
CHANGES

determinants among adolescents with ID To perform a • SEARCH STRATEGY ;

literature review and analysis of published, peer-
reviewed clinical trials that evaluated and interventions full text articles
available (n=616) after
on CRF in adults with ID. IDENTIFICATION
records excluded based
on the title (n=1203)
data extraction and
review from search
• DATA RESOURCES ; MEDLINE, update November
(2020) n=186
• REVIEW OF LITERATURE ; CINAHL, PSYCINFO, EMBASE,
PUBMED ,allied and
➢ HEALTH ISSUES ; complementary medicine, global records identified
through database records after duplicates on literature review
searching(jan (n=50) (n=1819). (n=31)
health NGA , AGELINE , other 2014)(1779)
screening references and e-
databases between January 2014
MULTI MORBIDITY
15%

DEMENTIA
to January 2023.
BEHAVIOURS
16%
DEMENTIA
50% MENTAL HEALTH review (n=43) additional (n=90) on analysis (n=12).
BEHAVIOURS
Person
MENTAL HEALTH
19%
MULTI MORBIDITY centered
support RESIDENTAL SETTINGS.
• FINDINGS ;
4.3

• COMMON GERIATRIC • PRINCIPLES ; 3.7

Aging in
3.5
3.2
3

SYNDROMES ; place. ➢responsivity 2.8

2.5
2.3
➢family involvement 2
1.8

➢environment
1.5

1
INNTELLECTUAL
IMPAIREMENT
➢beliefs.
INTEGRATION
➢ageing FEMALE
2017
4.3
2020
3.5
2022
2.5
2022
2.3
COMORBIDITIES 3.7 3 2 1.5
IMMUNE IMPAIREMENT OF ENVIRONMENT 2.8 3.2 1.8 1
DEFICIENCY VISUAL INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY.

• CHALLENGES ;
GERIATRIC
SYNDROMES. MODEL ➢Resource limitations.
➢Difficulty in assessing health.
INCONTINENCE INSTABILITY
NETWORKING;
OF PLANNING
➢Perspectives on models
CARE
ADVANCED
COMPLEXITY ONSET OF COMPLEXITY
• DISCUSSION :- In order to restore function it is possible in
IMMOBILIZATION
many older adults by increasing muscle strength with exercises,
WORKFORCE
which can help them maintain mobility and independence into
later life. this evidence also suggests that involvement in
regular exercise can also provide a number of psychological
benefits and optimal health which is related to preserved
PREVENTIVE RESTORATIVE SUPPORTIVE PALLIATIVE
cognitive function, alleviation of depression symptoms and an
REHABILITATIO
MEDICALCARE N.
improved concept of self-efficacy, major mobility and disability.
Exercise also tends to improve mood, which has positive effects
on the rest of the body by restoring functions.
RESPONSE TO PROVIDING SPECIALISTS
APPROACH TO
SERVICE. NEEDS. SERVICE.
• CONCLUSION ; The present study provides evidence-based data
to describe the regular physical activity profile of geriatrics with
• REFERENCES ; ; ID who are generally more likely to have poorer health and
accompanied with comorbidities, require more preventive health
interventions than the other populations , This study provides a
brief description of physical activity and its determinants among
geriatrics with ID. Persons with ID are not passive players in the
dynamics of their health.