ORCID
- Lance Watkins: 0000-0002-0447-5906
- Rohit Shankar: 0000-0002-1183-6933
Abstract
PurposeNearly a quarter of people with Intellectual disability (PwID) have epilepsy. Many have seizures across their lifetime. In the UK supporting their epilepsy linked risks and needs, particularly in professional care settings and in the community, requires significant social care input. Therefore, the interface between social and health care services is important. This study aim is to identify key intersectional areas of social provision for PWID and epilepsy.MethodsA scoping review of the literature was performed in accordance with PRISMA guidance with suitable search terms. The search was completed in CINAHL, Embase, Psych INFO, SCIE, and Cochrane electronic databases by an information specialist. A quality assessment was completed for the included studies where appropriate. The included studies were analysed qualitatively to identify key themes and provide a narrative description of the evidence by two reviewers.ResultsOf 748 papers screened, 94 were retrieved. Thirteen articles met the inclusion criteria with a range of methodologies. A thematic analysis generated four key categories for significant social care involvement i.e., staff training and education; emergency seizure management; holistic approach to care; and nocturnal monitoring and supervision.ConclusionsPwID with epilepsy have support needs that require fulfilling by various aspects of special care provision, many within the social ambit. Inspite of evidence of these needs and recurrent calls to work jointly with social care providers this has not happened. There is limited research into social care role in epilepsy management in PwID which needs addressing.
DOI
10.1016/j.seizure.2023.03.002
Publication Date
2023-03-09
Publication Title
Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy
Volume
107
ISSN
1059-1311
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
First Page
35
Last Page
42
Recommended Citation
Shankar, R., Newman, H., Rudra, S., Burrows, L., Tromans, S., Watkins, L., Triantafyllopoulou, P., Hassiotis, A., & Gabrielsson, A. (2023) 'Who cares? A scoping review on intellectual disability, epilepsy and social care', Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy, 107, pp. 35-42. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seizure.2023.03.002
