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BACKGROUND: People with intellectual disabilities are more likely to experience sleep problems, which can affect quality of life, physical health, mental health and well-being. METHODS: An integrative literature review was conducted to investigate what is known about behavioural sleep disturbances in people with an intellectual disability. The search used the following databases: Scopus, PsycInfo and Cinahl, to find papers published since 2015. RESULTS: Within intellectual disability research, sleep appears as a common issue due to its high prevalence, negative relationships with an individual's physical and mental health, their quality of life, and impact of sleep problems on family or carers. The growing evidence base appears to support the use of behavioural, lifestyle and pharmacological interventions to improve sleep in people with an intellectual disability. CONCLUSION: A wide array of literature provides evidence that people with intellectual disabilities are affected by and need support with their sleep.
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Intellectual Disability , Problem Behavior , Sleep Wake Disorders , Humans , Child , Adult , Intellectual Disability/epidemiology , Quality of Life , Mental Health , Sleep Wake Disorders/epidemiologyABSTRACT
Thirty-one participants engaged in this oral history research study aimed at exploring the lived experience of intellectual disability nurses and healthcare assistants' knowledge of the trajectory of intellectual disability nursing over the last 30 years in the Republic of Ireland and England. This paper documents some of these experiences offering perspectives on intellectual disability nursing and what is important for the future. Findings from Ireland consider the nature of intellectual disability services and the registered nurse in intellectual disability. Findings from England focus on opportunities and restrictions in intellectual disability nursing, shared visions, the changing context within which work took place and also the internal and external supports that impacted their roles. It is evident that intellectual disability nurses must be responsive to the changing landscape of service provision and also the requirements for contemporary new roles to meet the changing needs of people with intellectual disabilities.
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Intellectual Disability , Humans , Ireland , EnglandABSTRACT
AIM/OBJECTIVE: Through an exploration of student nurses and lecturers' professionalism discourses, this study illuminates influences on professional socialization and offers an appreciation of the processes of language (discourse) adoption involved. BACKGROUND: Professionalism is a complex concept to define. Nursing research has predominantly explored professionalism in clinical practice; however, the time spent university is key to professional socialization and identity development. Previous research focused on socialization in the clinical area only. This study examined how student nurses and their lecturers construct their talk regarding professionalism while at university. DESIGN: A social constructionism approach was adopted, where it is assumed that we jointly construct our world on shared assumptions and that language is central to this process. METHODS: Employing a Discourse and Social Psychology (DASP) approach to discourse analysis, seven nursing students (Adult, Child, and Mental Health fields) and eight lecturers participated in a total of 16 interviews. RESULTS: The findings indicated participants drew on several interpretative repertoires. These changed over the 3 year degree. Analysis led to development of a Model of Professional Discourse Adoption, illustrating a three phased process, resonating with theories of professional socialization in nursing. CONCLUSIONS: The study offers insights into how education strategies may support learning and teaching, and professionalism communication.
