Pain intensity assessment in older adults: Use of experimental pain to compare psychometric properties and usability of selected pain scales with younger adults

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 207-219

  Herr, Keela A ^a   Spratt, Kevin ^b   Mobily, Paula R ^a   Richardson, Giovanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Assessment; Elderly; Measurement; Pain; Pain threshold

Indexed keywords

11 POINT VERBAL NUMERIC RATING SCALE; 21 POINT VERBAL NUMERIC RATING SCALE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDUCATION; ELDERLY CARE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FACES PAIN SCALE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL DESCRIPTOR SCALE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 3042561533     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002508-200407000-00002     Document Type: Article

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