Teaching clients and family members about the physical cues that indicate increasing anxiety would include information on:
1. Short attention span.
2. Forgetfulness.
3. Urinary retention.
4. Urinary frequency.
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Rationale: Urinary frequency is a physical cue, but urinary retention is not. A short attention span and forgetfulness are behavioral cues, not physical cues.
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