A scale to measure pain in non-verbally communicating older patients: The EPCA-2. Study of its psychometric properties

Pain

Volumn 133, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 87-98

  Morello, Remy ^a   Jean, Alain ^a   Alix, Michel ^a   Sellin Peres, Dominique ^a   Fermanian, Jacques ^a  

^a CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Non verbally communicating; Older; Pain; Psychometric properties; Scale

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; VALIDITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 36248980476     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2007.03.007     Document Type: Article

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