Psychometric Properties of the German "Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia Scale" (PAINAD-G) in Nursing Home Residents

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 388-395

  Schuler, Matthias Siegfried ^a   Becker, Stefanie ^b   Kaspar, Roman ^b   Nikolaus, Thorsten ^c   Kruse, Andreas ^b   Basler, Heinz Dieter ^d  

^a Diakonie Hospital Mannheim   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

dementia; elderly; Pain assessment; psychometric properties

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREATHING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DEMENTIA; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GERMANY; GESTURE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDITY; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 34347371758     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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