Unique Pain Responses in Different Etiological Subgroups of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

Am J Intellect Dev Disabil

Ruth Defrin, Tali Benromano, and Chaim G. Pick, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.

Published: September 2022

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  • The study examined pain responses in individuals with different intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) by analyzing self-reports and facial expressions during pressure stimuli.
  • Individuals with cerebral palsy (CP) and Down syndrome (DS) reported higher pain levels and showed more intense facial expressions compared to those with unspecified IDD (UIDD) and typically developing controls (TDCs).
  • Notably, the DS group displayed a wider range of facial expressions, indicating that different IDD etiologies have unique ways of responding to pain.

Article Abstract

We studied whether there exist variations in pain responses between different intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) etiologies. Self-reports and facial expressions (Facial Action Coding System = FACS) were recorded during experimental pressure stimuli and compared among 31 individuals with IDD-13 with cerebral palsy (CP), nine with Down syndrome (DS), nine with unspecified origin (UIDD)-and among 15 typically developing controls (TDCs). The CP and DS groups had higher pain ratings and FACS scores compared to the UIDD and TDC groups, and steeper stimulus-response functions. The DS group exhibited the most diverse facial expressions. There were variations in the foci of facial expressions between groups. It appears that different IDD etiologies display distinct pain responses.

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