Deaf Residents With Intellectual Disabilities During the First Covid-19 Associated Lockdown.
J Deaf Stud Deaf Educ
; 26(4): 556-559, 2021 09 15.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1286558
ABSTRACT
Two indicators for stress (mood and aggressive behavior) were evaluated in order to investigate the effect of the restrictions taken against the spread of the coronavirus on people who are deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) and have intellectual disabilities (ID). In three therapeutic living communities, specifically designed for the visual communication needs of people who are DHH and have ID, the mood of the residents is routinely assessed by staff members and every aggressive incident is recorded with the Staff Observation of Aggressions Scale-Revised (SOAS-R). For the 38 residents who were present 8 weeks before the first lockdown (t1) and the following 8 weeks (t2), mood ratings and ratings of aggressive behavior were compared between the two time periods. In contrast to our hypothesis the mood ratings of the residents had a slight significant improvement, whereas the incidents and severity of aggressive behavior did not change significantly. These results suggest that with proper communicative support, individuals who are DHH and have ID can cope effectively with significant restrictions imposed by a pandemic-caused lockdown.
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Main subject:
Communicable Disease Control
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Persons With Hearing Impairments
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Pandemics
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COVID-19
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Intellectual Disability
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
English
Journal:
J Deaf Stud Deaf Educ
Journal subject:
Audiology
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Education
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Deafed
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