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...

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Published in:Journal of Intellectual Disability Research Vol. 68; no. 3; pp. 277 - 285
Main Authors: Laugharne, R., Wilcock, M., Rees, J., Wainwright, D., Newton, N., Sterritt, J., Badger, S., Bishop, R., Bassett, P., Shankar, R.
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Mar2024
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