Assessing pain intensity in older adults

Geriatrics and Aging

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 399-402

  Pautex, Sophie ^a   Gold, Gabriel ^b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Dementia; Pain; Pain scale; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGING; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CANCER; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FACES PAIN SCALE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SELF EVALUATION; SLEEP PATTERN; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 33846053516     PISSN: 14888408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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