Systematic Reviews on Intellectual, Developmental and Learning Disabilities

Follow the links below to find summaries of systematic reviews of evidence for the effectiveness of therapies for intellectual, developmental and learning disabilities.
Reviewed September 2009

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Title:   Thyroid hormones for preventing neurodevelopmental impairment in preterm infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Thyroid hormones are needed for the normal growth and maturity of the central nervous system, as well as the heart and lungs. Children born without sufficient thyroid hormones can develop serious mental retardation. It is believed that low levels of thy...
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   Preconception and antenatal screening for the fragile site on the X-chromosome
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   No strong evidence to show who, other than women at risk, should be screened before or during pregnancy for fragile X syndrome....
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   Organising health care services for persons with an intellectual disability
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Persons with an intellectual disability experience frequent health problems but they have more difficulty finding and getting health services compared to the general population. This review included eight studies and examined the effects of organisation...
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   Interventions for learning disabled sex offenders
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Sex offending is of increasing public concern with calls for longer terms of imprisonment and closer supervision of such offenders in the community. Currently a variety of treatment approaches are used including medication and talking therapies, though ...
Date:   Sep 2007
Title:   Non-pharmacological interventions for epilepsy in people with intellectual disabilities
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   This review identified the lack of any randomised controlled trials (RCTs) for non-pharmacological interventions in people with epilepsy and intellectual disabilities. There is evidently a need for well-designed RCTs to ascertain the effects of non-phar...
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Postnatal phenobarbital for the prevention of intraventricular hemorrhage in preterm infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) is a major problem of preterm birth. Large bleeds in the centre of the brain can cause disability or death in the preterm baby. Unstable blood pressure and blood flow to the brain are believed to cause IVH. The drug phe...
Date:   May 2007
Title:   Intraventricular streptokinase after intraventricular hemorrhage in newborn infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Bleeding (hemorrhage) into the ventricles of the brain is a serious complication of premature birth and large hemorrhages often lead to hydrocephalus, the process by which fluid accumulates under pressure inside the brain, expanding the head excessively...
Date:   May 2007
Title:   Pharmacological interventions for epilepsy in people with intellectual disabilities
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   This review confirms that in the majority of cases where intellectually disabled populations participated in trials of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), moderate reductions in seizure frequency and occasional seizure freedom were obtained. Concern about side ...
Date:   May 2007
Title:   Anticonvulsants for preventing mortality and morbidity in full term newborns with perinatal asphyxia
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   It is unclear whether giving anticonvulsants to newborn babies soon after possible birth asphyxia at term is safe and effective. More studies are needed. Seizures (or convulsions) are common following birth asphyxia. These seizures may worsen the brain ...
Date:   Mar 2007
Title:   Behavioural and cognitive-behavioural interventions for outwardly-directed aggressive behaviour in people with learning disabilities
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Challenging behaviour is a significant cause of social exclusion for people with learning disabilities. ('Learning disabilities' is also known as ' intellectual disabilities'). There is no firm evidence as yet about which interventions help people with ...
Date:   Mar 2007
Title:   Inhaled nitric oxide for respiratory failure in preterm infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Breathing failure in premature newborn babies may be complicated by raised pressure within the vessels that carry blood to the lung (pulmonary hypertension). Medications that cause sedation or muscle relaxation and mechanically assisted breathing (mecha...
Date:   Mar 2007
Title:   Early developmental intervention programs post hospital discharge to prevent motor and cognitive impairments in preterm infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Preterm infants (babies born before 37 weeks) are at risk of development problems, including problems with cognitive and motor development. Cognitive development refers to thinking and learning ability and motor development refers to the way infants mov...
Date:   Jan 2007
Title:   Physical activity programs for promoting bone mineralization and growth in preterm infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Babies born too early (premature babies) are often cared for in a fashion that minimizes physical activity in order to reduce stress and stress-related complications. However, lack of physical activity might lead to poor bone development and growth, as ...
Date:   Dec 2006
Title:   Prophylactic postnatal thyroid hormones for prevention of morbidity and mortality in preterm infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   A systematic review of the data from randomised controlled trials provides no evidence that routine thyroid hormone therapy is effective in preventing problems in preterm babies or improves their developmental outcomes. Thyroid hormones are needed for t...
Date:   Oct 2006
Title:   Postnatal thyroid hormones for preterm infants with transient hypothyroxinaemia
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   A systematic overview of randomised trials does not provide sufficient evidence to determine whether thyroid hormone treatment of preterm infants with transiently low thyroid hormone levels results in changes in neonatal outcomes or reductions in develo...
Date:   Oct 2006
Title:   Personal assistance for children and adolescents (0-18) with intellectual impairments
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Personal assistance is here defined as paid support of at least 20 hours per week for people with impairments. This review investigated the effectiveness of personal assistance versus any other form of care for children and adolescents with intellectual...
Date:   Jun 2005
Title:   Personal assistance for children and adolescents (0-18) with both physical and intellectual impairments
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Personal assistance is here defined as paid support of at least 20 hours per week for people with impairments. This review investigated the effectiveness of personal assistance versus any other form of care for children and adolescents with both physica...
Date:   Jun 2005
Title:   Kinesthetic stimulation versus theophylline for apnea in preterm infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Some evidence that theophylline may be more effective for apnea in preterm babies than kinesthetic stimulation, but more research is needed. Apnea is a pause in breathing of greater than 20 seconds. It may occur repeatedly in preterm babies (born before...
Date:   Dec 2004
Title:   Kinesthetic stimulation for treating apnea in preterm infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Rocking therapy and physical stimulation have been advocated to assist preterm infants to breathe regularly and some have been designed to mimic inutero movements. A pause in breathing (apnea) is common in very preterm infants but it can lead to a lack ...
Title:   Antipsychotic medication versus placebo for people with both schizophrenia and learning disability
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   People who are diagnosed with both learning disability and schizophrenia are generally treated with antipsychotic medication. This review highlights the limited evidence available for the use of this treatment in cases where people have received such a ...
Date:   Jul 2004
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