Nursing staff members' perceptions of pain indicators in persons with severe dementia

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 64-73

  Cohen Mansfield, Jiska ^a,b,d   Creedon, Michael ^c  

^a Research Institute   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Elderly; Nursing home; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING HOME; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VOCALIZATION;

AGED; BEHAVIOR; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; HUNGER; MALE; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036163635     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002508-200201000-00010     Document Type: Article

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