Clinical characteristics of people with intellectual disability admitted to hospital with constipation: identifying possible specific high‐risk factors.
Background: People with intellectual disabilities (ID) die on an average 20 years earlier to the general population. They have higher rates of multimorbidity and polypharmacy. Around 25% of people with ID report chronic constipation. The England Learning Disabilities Mortality Review found that near...
| Published in: | Journal of Intellectual Disability Research Vol. 68; no. 3; pp. 277 - 285 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , |
| Format: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Mar2024
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