A Systematic Review of What Barriers and Facilitators Prevent and Enable Physical Healthcare Services Access for Autistic Adults

Autistic people are more likely to: be diagnosed with a range of physical health conditions (i.e. cardio-vascular disease); experience premature mortality (for most disease categories); and experience barriers to effectively accessing healthcare. This systematic review sought to identify studies tha...

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Autores principales: Mason, David, Ingham, Barry, Urbanowicz, Anna, Michael, Cos, Birtles, Heather, Woodbury-Smith, Marc, Brown, Toni, James, Ian, Scarlett, Clare, Nicolaidis, Christina, Parr, Jeremy R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2019
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Original Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6647496/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31124030
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-04049-2
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Sumario:Autistic people are more likely to: be diagnosed with a range of physical health conditions (i.e. cardio-vascular disease); experience premature mortality (for most disease categories); and experience barriers to effectively accessing healthcare. This systematic review sought to identify studies that report on barriers and facilitators to physical healthcare access for autistic people. A total of 3111 records were screened and six studies were included: two quantitative, two qualitative, and two mixed-methodology studies. Patient-provider communication, sensory sensitivities, and executive functioning/planning issues emerged as important barriers to healthcare. Recommendations for clinicians and those planning services are discussed. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1007/s10803-019-04049-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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