Does age make a difference in procedural pain perceptions and responses in hospitalized adults?

Acute Pain

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 125-134

  Stotts, Nancy A ^a   Puntillo, Kathleen ^a   Stanik Hutt, Julie ^b   Thompson, Carol Lynn ^c   White, Cheri ^d   Rietman Wild, Lorie ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d Sutter Roseville Medical Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Distress; Older adults; Pain behaviours; Pain intensity; Pain quality; Pain words; Procedural pain

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRAINAGE;

EID: 34848928967     PISSN: 13660071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acpain.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

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