ABSTRACT

Background

One would assume that infection outbreaks such as the COVID-19 pandemic have a deleterious effect upon the physical, mental, and/or social functioning of people with intellectual disabilities (ID).

Methods

A systematic search of four databases produced 18 articles. General information pertaining to the topics under consideration, information related to infectious diseases and ID were extracted.

Results

All but one of the studies investigated the impact of infection outbreaks on the physical functioning of people with ID. Although in some instances certain studies briefly reflected on the impact of infection outbreaks on mental or social functioning, there was no empirical data available.

Conclusions

There is scarce scientific knowledge on the impact of infection outbreaks on the mental and social functioning of people with ID. This underscores the exigency for further psychosocial research to both explore the impact of infection outbreaks and develop strategies to deal with them in the future.

中文翻译：

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感染爆发对智障人士的影响：范围审查

摘要

背景

人们会假设感染爆发（例如 COVID-19 大流行）对智障人士 (ID) 的身体、心理和/或社会功能产生有害影响。

方法

对四个数据库的系统搜索产生了 18 篇文章。提取了与正在考虑的主题有关的一般信息、与传染病和 ID 相关的信息。

结果

除了一项研究外，所有研究都调查了感染爆发对 ID 患者身体机能的影响。尽管在某些情况下，某些研究简要反映了感染爆发对心理或社会功能的影响，但没有可用的经验数据。

结论

关于感染爆发对智障人士的心理和社会功能的影响的科学知识很少。这强调了进一步社会心理研究的紧迫性，既要探索感染爆发的影响，又要制定未来应对它们的策略。