Using Virtual Care to Assess the Health Needs of People With Intellectual Disabilities: A Scoping Review.

Publication date: Jan 01, 2025

The COVID-19 pandemic precipitated a rapid roll-out of virtual health care services to people with intellectual disabilities. Limited evidence is available for clinicians to guide virtual care delivery. Twenty-three studies were identified through systematic searching of 16 databases. Extracted data were mapped to the NSW Virtual Health Strategy. Evidence exists to support the use of virtual care for screening, diagnosis, assessment, and review of people with intellectual disabilities, with benefits for clients, carers, and clinicians. Evidence mapped well to the priority areas of the NSW Virtual Health Strategy, highlighting the need for clinician training and specific supports and adaptations to ensure accessibility for people with intellectual disabilities. The use of virtual care to assess the health needs of people with intellectual disabilities across the lifespan is nascent. An opportunity exists for co-design with people with intellectual disabilities to reduce barriers to accessing and engaging in virtual care.

Concepts Keywords
Clinicians COVID-19
Covid health assessment
Mapped health care access
Nsw Health Services Accessibility
Pandemic Humans
intellectual developmental disorder
Intellectual Disability
Needs Assessment
telehealth
Telemedicine
virtual care

Semantics

Type Source Name
disease MESH Intellectual Disabilities
disease MESH COVID-19 pandemic
disease MESH Health Services Accessibility

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