Adults With Intellectual Disabilities and Incontinence: Assessment and Toileting Issues
There is an urgent need to develop accessible and reliable incontinence assessment materials with and for adults with ID and their supporters. These assessments should pay close attention to health conditions that can cause incontinence in this group and factors associated with incontinence which are more commonly experienced by adults with ID. These factors are potentially modifiable.
Authors
- Janet Finlayson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8445-3581)
- Nick Gore (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1086-7647)
- Andrew J. Marshall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0022-2001)
- Fiona Roche (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0669-8257)
- John Butcher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4381-0578)
- Dawn A. Skelton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6223-9840)
- Paul Ord
Institutions
- Glasgow Caledonian University (GB)
- University of Kent (GB)
- NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
- Published
- 2024-11-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jir.13202
- Primary Topic
- Pelvic floor disorders treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Baily Thomas Charitable Fund