Pain reporting by very old Swedish community dwellers: The role of cognition and function

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-46

  Westerbotn, Margareta ^a,b,c   Hillerås, Pernilla ^a,b,c   Fastbom, Johan ^b,c   Agüero Torres, Hedda ^b,c  

^a SOPHIAHEMMET UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Community dwellers; Older people; Pain reporting; Pain treatment

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENDER; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PAIN; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

EID: 40849096209     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324746     Document Type: Article

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