Concern has been expressed about the extent to which people with disabilities may be particularly vulnerable to negative impacts of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. However, to date little published research has attempted to characterise or quantify the risks faced by people with/without disabilities in relation to COVID-19. We sought to compare the impact of the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated government responses among working age adults with and without disabilities in the UK on; COVID-19 outcomes, health and wellbeing, employment and financial security, health behaviours, and conflict and trust. We undertook secondary analysis of data collected in four UK longitudinal surveys; the Millennium Cohort Study, Next Steps, the British Cohort Study and the National Child Development Study. Combining analyses across surveys with random effects meta-analysis, there was evidence that people with disabilities were significantly more likely to report having had COVID-19 and had significantly increased levels of stress, less exercise, poorer sleep patterns, more conflict with their partner and others in their local area, and to have less trust in the government. While most outcomes did not differ significantly between participants with and without disability, the findings suggest that in the early days of COVID-19 a detrimental impact emerges for those with disabilities which is more pronounced among older people with disabilities. Future research is needed to determine the longer-term impact of the pandemic.

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新冠病毒大流行对工作年龄的残疾成年人的影响：对四项全国调查证据的荟萃分析


人们对残疾人在多大程度上特别容易受到 2020 年 COVID-19 大流行的负面影响表示担忧。然而，迄今为止，很少有已发表的研究试图描述或量化残疾人/非残疾人所面临的与 COVID-19 相关的风险。我们试图比较 COVID-19 大流行的早期阶段以及相关政府应对措施对英国有残疾和无残疾的工作年龄成年人的影响； COVID-19 结果、健康和福祉、就业和财务安全、健康行为以及冲突和信任。我们对四项英国纵向调查收集的数据进行了二次分析；千年队列研究、后续步骤、英国队列研究和国家儿童发展研究。将各项调查分析与随机效应荟萃分析相结合，有证据表明，残疾人更有可能报告感染了 COVID-19，并且压力水平显着增加、运动量减少、睡眠模式较差、与伴侣的冲突更多，以及当地的其他人，对政府的信任度较低。虽然大多数结果在残疾参与者和非残疾参与者之间没有显着差异，但研究结果表明，在 COVID-19 的早期，对残疾人产生了不利影响，这种影响在老年人中更为明显。需要未来的研究来确定这一流行病的长期影响。