Improving Carer Recognition and Understanding of Constipation for People with Intellectual Disability: Quality Assurance of an Online Learning Resource

Aims: People with Intellectual Disability (PwID) have a reduced life expectancy in comparison to the general population, and constipation has been identified as a contributing factor to mortality by the Learning Disability Mortality Review. As part of a broader Quality Improvement project seeking ou...

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Main Authors: Perlie Pui Lum Tse, Rhiannon Lewis, Catherine Walton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2025-06-01
Series:BJPsych Open
Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472425103190/type/journal_article
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description Aims: People with Intellectual Disability (PwID) have a reduced life expectancy in comparison to the general population, and constipation has been identified as a contributing factor to mortality by the Learning Disability Mortality Review. As part of a broader Quality Improvement project seeking out ways to reduce the rate of constipation for PwID it was recognised that robust and long-term education of carers was lacking.
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title Improving Carer Recognition and Understanding of Constipation for People with Intellectual Disability: Quality Assurance of an Online Learning Resource
title_full Improving Carer Recognition and Understanding of Constipation for People with Intellectual Disability: Quality Assurance of an Online Learning Resource
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title_short Improving Carer Recognition and Understanding of Constipation for People with Intellectual Disability: Quality Assurance of an Online Learning Resource
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