TY - SER AU - Amor-Salamanca, A. AU - Menchon, J. M. TI - Pain underreporting associated with profound intellectual disability in emergency departments T2 - Journal of Intellectual Disability Research PY - 2017/// KW - PROFOUND INTELLECTUAL AND MULTIPLE DISABILITIES (PIMD) KW - EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS KW - ASSESSMENT KW - PAIN KW - DIAGNOSIS KW - SPAIN KW - REASONS FOR ED CONSULTATION N2 - The results of this study suggest that persons with profound intellectual disability are less able to conceptualise and communicate information about their symptoms, especially as regards pain, and that this influences the diagnosis they are given when attending an emergency department. Professionals working in this environment need to be aware of this possibility so as not to underestimate or overlook such symptoms and the illnesses related to them UR - https://ihc.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jir.12355/full ER -