Assessing distress in people with intellectual disabilities
Background There are few available tools for screening and assessing mental distress in people with intellectual disabilities.
Method Comparison of the Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation: Learning Disabilities (CORE-LD) tool with other psychometrically robust but more specific measures.
Results Scores derived from CORE-LD correlate with those of established measures that have been adapted for use with people with learning disabilities.
Conclusions As a tool for measuring mental health problems and levels of distress, CORE-LD is as valid as established tools for measuring anxiety, depression and self-esteem.
