| Estimated prevalence of people with learning disabilities: template for general practice. | |
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PMID: 18505620 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: In 2001, a white paper set out a commitment to ensure that people with a learning disability receive equal access to health services, with an expectation that general practices would have identified all people with a learning disability registered with the practice by June 2004. AIM: To outline the development of a template to create practice-based registers of people with learning disabilities in general practice. DESIGN OF STUDY: The study was prospective, employing a template to identify patients in general practice with a learning disability. The study used capture-recapture methodology to estimate the prevalence of learning disability in the population. SETTING: General practices in Leeds. METHOD: A template was developed that uses Read code searches of practices' electronic medical records, along with practice knowledge to identify patients who have a learning disability. RESULTS: The tool was piloted in 30 general practices in Leeds and validated against a city-wide database of people with learning disability. There was a wide variation between the practices in terms of how many people were identified, with the average being 0.4% of the practice population. Combined with validation from the city-wide database, this increased to 0.7%. CONCLUSION: The template provides a valuable tool for general practices to begin developing a practice-based register of patients with a learning disability. This is particularly timely in view of the revised General Medical Services contract Quality and Outcomes Framework indicator, stimulating practices to produce a register of patients with learning disability. Use of a common definition for learning disability is needed to improve consistency in identification across practices. |
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Authors:
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Victoria Allgar; Ghazala Mir; Joyce Evans; Joyce Marshall; David Cottrell; Phil Heywood; Eric Emerson |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Multicenter Study; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Validation Studies |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners Volume: 58 ISSN: 0960-1643 ISO Abbreviation: Br J Gen Pract Publication Date: 2008 Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-05-28 Completed Date: 2008-08-01 Revised Date: 2010-04-12 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9005323 Medline TA: Br J Gen Pract Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 423-8 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Hull and York Medical School, University of York. |
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epidemiology Family Practice / organization & administration, statistics & numerical data* Health Services Accessibility / organization & administration, statistics & numerical data* Health Services Needs and Demand / statistics & numerical data* Humans Learning Disorders / epidemiology* Medical Records Systems, Computerized / organization & administration, statistics & numerical data* Prevalence Prospective Studies |
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