Increased heart rate functions as a signal of acute distress in non-communicating persons with intellectual disability
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-86023-6
Abstract: Intellectual disability (ID) affects approximately 1% of the population. Some patients with severe or profound ID are essentially non-communicating and therefore risk experiencing pain and distress without being able to notify their caregivers, which is… read more here.
Keywords: pain distress; intellectual disability; non communicating; communicating persons ... See more keywords