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Disability pensions in individuals diagnosed with a developmental language disorder as children Cover

Disability pensions in individuals diagnosed with a developmental language disorder as children

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
Volume 11 (2009): Issue 4
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|Sep 2009
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Table 1.  Characteristics of 469 language disordered children at assessment in childhood.

MaleFemaleNumber329140Mean age in years5.55.7Range (years)2.9–11.83.8–8.9Expressive language disorder (F80.1)329140 No impairment00 Mild impairment17 (5.2)7 (5.0) Moderate59 (17.9)39 (27.9) Severe impairment253 (76.9)94 (67.1)Receptive language disorder (F80.2)257121 No impairment7219 Mild impairment92 (35.8)35 (28.9) Moderate82 (31.9)40 (33.1) Severe impairment82 (31.9)46 (38.0) Unknown1 (0.4)0 (0.0)IQ 50–6934 (10.3)20 (14.3) 70–8486 (26.1)49 (35.0) 85–115193 (58.7)69 (49.3)  > 11511 (3.3)2 (1.4) Unknown5 (1.5)0 (0.0)Note: Values in parentheses are percentages.

Table 2.  Prevalence and recorded grounds for granting disability pension to 469 individuals diagnosed with a developmental language disorder (DLD) as children versus 2345 controls from the general population. Data are presented as n (%).

DLD (n=469)Controls (n=2345)pNumber with pension53 (11.3)47 (2.0)<0.0001Pension grounds (ICD-10 category) Malignant neoplasms0 (0.0)1 (0.04)0.66 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases0 (0.0)1 (0.04)0.66 Mental disorders46 (9.8)34 (1.5)<0.0001 Diseases of the nervous system and sense organs4 (0.9)3 (0.1)0.004 Diseases of the circulatory system0 (0.0)1 (0.04)0.66 Diseases of the respiratory system1 (0.2)0 (0.0)0.03 Diseases of the digestive system0 (0.0)1 (0.04)0.66 Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue0 (0.0)1 (0.04)0.66 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system0 (0.0)2 (0.09)0.53 Diseases of the genitourinary system1 (0.2)1 (0.04)0.21 Injury and poisoning0 (0.0)2 (0.09)0.53 Unknown1 (0.2)0 (0.0)0.03

Table 3.  Prevalence of disability pension as a function of gender, intelligence, presence of a receptive language disorder and degree of receptive and expressive language disorder in 469 individuals diagnosed with a developmental language disorder (DLD) as children versus 2345 controls from the general population. Data presented as n/group total (%)

Disability pensionDLDControlsGender Male33/329 (10.0)32/1645 (2.0) Female20/140 (14.2)15/700 (2.1)Intellectual level 50–695/54 (9.3) 70–8412/135 (8.9) 85–11535/262 (13.4)  > 1150/13 (0.0) Unknown1/5 (20.0)Presence of a receptive language disorder47/378 (12.4)Degree of receptive language disorder No impairment6/91 (6.6) Mild impairment14/127 (11.0) Moderate impairment18/122 (14.8) Severe impairment14/128 (10.9) Unknown1/1 (100.0)Degree of expressive language disorder* Mild impairment5/24 (20.8) Moderate impairment16/98 (16.3) Severe impairment32/347 (9.2)Note: *The variable degree of expressive language disorder was significantly associated with being granted a disability pension (p=0.005) during the period of observation.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15017410902831361 | Journal eISSN: 1745-3011
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Language: English
Page range: 275 - 285
Submitted on: Feb 19, 2008
Accepted on: Nov 28, 2008
Published on: Sep 4, 2009
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
developmental language disorders,
disability pension,
mental disorder,
risk factors

© 2009 Svend Erik Mouridsen, Karen-Marie Hauschild, published by Stockholm University Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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