Physical health in children with neurodevelopmental disordersShow others and affiliations
2019 (English)In: Journal of autism and developmental disorders, ISSN 0162-3257, E-ISSN 1573-3432, Vol. 49, no 1, p. 83-95Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
With increasing numbers of children being diagnosed with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) attention has been drawn to these children's physical health. We aimed to identify the prevalence of defined physical problems (epilepsy, migraine, asthma, cancer, diabetes, psoriasis, lactose intolerance, celiac disease, diarrhea, constipation, daytime enuresis, encopresis) in a nationwide population of 9- and 12-year-old twins subdivided into those with and without indications of NDDs. Parents of 28,058 twins participated in a well-validated telephone interview regarding their children's mental health and answered questions about their physical problems. The results indicate a high rate of physical problems in children with NDDs, particularly in those with indications of the presence of combinations of several NDDs.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2019. Vol. 49, no 1, p. 83-95
Keywords [en]
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), Learning disorder (LD), Neurodevelopmental disorders, Physical health, Twins
National Category
Psychiatry
Research subject
NURSING AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCE, Nursing science
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-12944DOI: 10.1007/s10803-018-3697-4ISI: 000455869200008PubMedID: 30043349Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85050609048OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hv-12944DiVA, id: diva2:1251250
Funder
Forte, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and WelfareSwedish Research Council2018-09-262018-09-262020-02-05Bibliographically approved