Edit 14 December 2016: These results have been updated per the tenth year standards update.
A number of conditions have become associated with infantilism because of one patient who had both infantilism and that condition. Clearly, this sample size is too small to rule out coincidence. For almost any condition, there is a chance that an AB/DL might have it. The unknown would be whether AB/DLs were any more or less likely to have a certain condition than non AB/DLs.
While more analysis is needed, a quick glance over the results can show that most AB/DLs are without any particular condition. As a result, generalizing that infantilism is a form of one condition on the list would be incorrect. However, one in ten AB/DLs believe a condition on the list caused them to become AB/DLs. Since the list includes incontinence, this isn't surprising.
31)Epilepsy?
N=952 | % | Option | |
1 | 21 | 2% | Yes |
2 | 931 | 98% | No |
32)Long-term fecal incontinence/uncontrolled soiling?
N=957 | % | Option | |
1 | 42 | 4% | Yes |
2 | 915 | 96% | No |
33)Long-term urinary incontinence/uncontrolled wetting?
N=960 | % | Option | |
1 | 113 | 12% | Yes |
2 | 848 | 88% | No |
34)...A physical disability other than those above?
N=951 | % | Option | |
1 | 91 | 10% | Yes |
2 | 860 | 90% | No |
35)Asperger's Syndrome?
N=897 | % | Option | |
1 | 35 | 4% | Yes |
2 | 862 | 96% | No |
36)Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder?
N=956 | % | Option | |
1 | 167 | 17% | Yes |
2 | 789 | 83% | No |
37)Autism?
N=954 | % | Option | |
1 | 17 | 2% | Yes |
2 | 937 | 98% | No |
38)...A developmental disorder other than the three above?
N=943 | % | Option | |
1 | 61 | 7% | Yes |
2 | 882 | 93% | No |
39)Bipolar Disorder?
N=963 | % | Option | |
1 | 71 | 7% | Yes |
2 | 892 | 93% | No |
40)Borderline Personality Disorder?
N=949 | % | Option | |
1 | 38 | 4% | Yes |
2 | 911 | 96% | No |
41)Dissociative Identity Disorder/multiple personalities?
N=944 | % | Option | |
1 | 17 | 2% | Yes |
2 | 927 | 98% | No |
42)Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?
N=952 | % | Option | |
1 | 75 | 8% | Yes |
2 | 877 | 92% | No |
43)...Another psychiatric disorder, excluding depression and developmental disorders?
N955 | % | Option | |
1 | 84 | 9% | |
2 | 871 | 91% | No |
44)I think it is most likely that...
N=980 | % | Option | |
1 | 445 | 45% | ..none of the above conditions was involved with my becoming an AB/DL. |
2 | 94 | 10% | ..one or more of the above caused me to become an AB/DL. |
3 | 23 | 2% | ..being an AB/DL caused one or more of the above conditions. |
4 | 12 | 1% | ..my being an AB/DL was the result of one or more of the above conditions, but also caused one or more of the above conditions. |
5 | 36 | 4% | ..one or more of the above conditions and my being an AB/DL was caused by some other common factor. |
6 | 370 | 38% | ..I haven't been diagnosed with another condition. |
45)Have you been diagnosed with clinical depression?
N=973 | % | Option | |
1 | 204 | 21% | Yes |
2 | 769 | 79% | No |
47)Are you left-handed or ambidextrous?Ambidextrous people have equal skill in both hands.
N=946 | % | Option | |
1 | 230 | 24% | Yes |
2 | 716 | 76% | No |
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