Prevalence of pain in nursing home residents with different cognitive and communicative abilities

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 119-127

  Leong, Ian Yi Onn ^a   Nuo, Tan Huei ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aged; Nursing homes; Pain; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONICITY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SINGAPORE; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY;

AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PAIN; PREVALENCE; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 33846426479     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ajp.0000210951.01503.3b     Document Type: Article

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