Home Health & Hospice Week
Comorbidities Plague Neurodivergent Patients
You should consider neurodivergent patients when formulating your policies and procedures — but it may be more difficult than you’d think. Patients with neurodivergent conditions, such as autism, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Tourette syndrome, and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), can require special communication and sensory needs when seeking medical care. Studies have found that patients with neurodivergent conditions are more likely to have comorbidities. For example, a 2020 University of Cambridge study found that autistic individuals are 1.5 to 4.3 times as likely to have other health conditions, like asthma, prediabetes, and low blood pressure. Read more about the study at www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/autistic-adults-have-a-higher-rate-of-physical-health-conditions. Meanwhile, a 2019 survey found medical students and pediatric trainees do not feel sufficiently prepared to treat patients with autism (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6498887/). Plus, only 3.1 percent of practicing physicians identify as having a disability, according to a 2021 Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) survey (https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2777420).
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