| Literature DB >> 33467914 |
Ami Tint1, Hilary K Brown2,3,4,5, Simon Chen4, Meng-Chuan Lai1,3,6,7,8, Lesley A Tarasoff1,2, Simone N Vigod3,4,5, Susan Parish9, Susan M Havercamp10, Yona Lunsky1,3,4.
Abstract
LAY ABSTRACT: While an increasing number of girls and women are being identified with autism, we know little about reproductive-aged autistic women's health. This study used administrative data from Ontario, Canada, to compare the health of reproductive-aged autistic women with non-autistic women. Overall, reproductive-aged autistic women had poorer health compared with non-autistic women, including increased rates of material deprivation, chronic medical conditions, psychiatric conditions, history of assault, and use of potentially teratogenic medications (i.e. drugs that can be harmful to the development of an embryo or fetus). These findings suggest that there is a need for health interventions tailored to the needs of reproductive-aged autistic women.Entities:
Keywords: adults; autism spectrum disorders; medical comorbidity; psychiatric comorbidity; reproductive-aged; women
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Year: 2021 PMID： 33467914 PMCID： PMC8089036 DOI： 10.1177/1362361320982819
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Autism ISSN： 1362-3613