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Integrative Care for Challenging Behaviors in People with Intellectual Disabilities to Reduce Challenging Behaviors and Inappropriate Psychotropic Drug Prescribing Compared with Care as Usual: A Cluster-Randomized Trial.
de Kuijper, Gerda; Jonker, Josien; Kouwer, Karlijn; Hoekstra, Pieter J; de Bildt, Annelies.
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  • de Kuijper G; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands.
  • Jonker J; Mental Healthcare Drenthe, Department Centre for intellectual Disability and Mental Health, Middenweg 19, 9404 LL Assen, The Netherlands.
  • Kouwer K; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands.
  • Hoekstra PJ; Mental Healthcare Drenthe, Department Centre for intellectual Disability and Mental Health, Middenweg 19, 9404 LL Assen, The Netherlands.
  • de Bildt A; Mental Healthcare Drenthe, Department Centre for intellectual Disability and Mental Health, Middenweg 19, 9404 LL Assen, The Netherlands.
Int J Environ Res Public Health ; 21(7)2024 Jul 20.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39063526
ABSTRACT
People with intellectual disabilities (IDs) often present with challenging behaviors (CBs) mostly due to inappropriate environments and mental and physical disorders. Integrative care is recommended to address CBs. However, in clinical practice, psychotropic drugs are often prescribed off-label for CBs, although the effectiveness is unclear, and side effects frequently occur. We conducted a cluster-randomized controlled study to investigate the effect of integrative care provided by a collaboration of an ID specialized mental healthcare team and participants' own ID service providers' care team on reducing CBs and inappropriate off-label psychotropic drug prescriptions compared with care as usual. Participants (N = 33, aged 19-81 years) had a moderate, severe, or profound intellectual disability and used off-label psychotropic drugs. The primary outcome measures were the Aberrant Behavior Checklist and the total dose of psychotropic drug prescriptions. At the study endpoint of 40 weeks, we found no effect of the intervention on the total ABC score and on the total dose of psychotropic drug prescriptions. In the intervention group, however, the psychotropic drug dose decreased significantly, while CBs did not change. The small sample size and not-completed interventions due to organizational problems may have affected our findings. This study illustrates the difficulties in the implementation of integrative care.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Psicotrópicos / Discapacidad Intelectual Límite: Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Idioma: En Revista: Int J Environ Res Public Health Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Países Bajos Pais de publicación: Suiza
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Psicotrópicos / Discapacidad Intelectual Límite: Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Idioma: En Revista: Int J Environ Res Public Health Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Países Bajos Pais de publicación: Suiza