Supporting People with Intellectual Disability and Their Carers to Understand the Risk of Constipation with Clozapine Therapy Utilising a Brief Educational Tool. A Quality Improvement Project
Aims: People with Intellectual Disabilities (PwID) have, on average, a life expectancy 20 years less than that of the general population. The Learning Disabilities Mortality Review found that in 23% of deaths among PwID, constipation was a long-term health problem. In the past year, Swansea Bay Univ...
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| description | Aims: People with Intellectual Disabilities (PwID) have, on average, a life expectancy 20 years less than that of the general population. The Learning Disabilities Mortality Review found that in 23% of deaths among PwID, constipation was a long-term health problem. In the past year, Swansea Bay University Health Board’s (SBUHB) Mental Health and Learning Disability Delivery Unit reported four incidents of constipation among PwID living in the community, with one fatality. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6695c5e125554b5e873ffceaa24e630d2025-08-20T03:32:22ZengCambridge University PressBJPsych Open2056-47242025-06-0111S175S17510.1192/bjo.2025.10457Supporting People with Intellectual Disability and Their Carers to Understand the Risk of Constipation with Clozapine Therapy Utilising a Brief Educational Tool. A Quality Improvement ProjectDaniel Agius0Catherine Walton1Rhiannon Lewis2Abdellatif Elkhashab3Matthew Jones4Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Cardiff, United KingdomSwansea Bay University Health Board, Cardiff, United KingdomSwansea Bay University Health Board, Swansea, United KingdomSwansea Bay University Health Board, Swansea, United KingdomSwansea Bay University Health Board, Rhondda Cynon Taf, United KingdomAims: People with Intellectual Disabilities (PwID) have, on average, a life expectancy 20 years less than that of the general population. The Learning Disabilities Mortality Review found that in 23% of deaths among PwID, constipation was a long-term health problem. In the past year, Swansea Bay University Health Board’s (SBUHB) Mental Health and Learning Disability Delivery Unit reported four incidents of constipation among PwID living in the community, with one fatality.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472425104572/type/journal_article |
| spellingShingle | Daniel Agius Catherine Walton Rhiannon Lewis Abdellatif Elkhashab Matthew Jones Supporting People with Intellectual Disability and Their Carers to Understand the Risk of Constipation with Clozapine Therapy Utilising a Brief Educational Tool. A Quality Improvement Project BJPsych Open |
| title | Supporting People with Intellectual Disability and Their Carers to Understand the Risk of Constipation with Clozapine Therapy Utilising a Brief Educational Tool. A Quality Improvement Project |
| title_full | Supporting People with Intellectual Disability and Their Carers to Understand the Risk of Constipation with Clozapine Therapy Utilising a Brief Educational Tool. A Quality Improvement Project |
| title_fullStr | Supporting People with Intellectual Disability and Their Carers to Understand the Risk of Constipation with Clozapine Therapy Utilising a Brief Educational Tool. A Quality Improvement Project |
| title_full_unstemmed | Supporting People with Intellectual Disability and Their Carers to Understand the Risk of Constipation with Clozapine Therapy Utilising a Brief Educational Tool. A Quality Improvement Project |
| title_short | Supporting People with Intellectual Disability and Their Carers to Understand the Risk of Constipation with Clozapine Therapy Utilising a Brief Educational Tool. A Quality Improvement Project |
| title_sort | supporting people with intellectual disability and their carers to understand the risk of constipation with clozapine therapy utilising a brief educational tool a quality improvement project |
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