Pain prevalence and characteristics in three Dutch residential homes

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 910-916

  Boerlage, Anneke A ^a,b   van Dijk, Monique ^b   Stronks, Dirk L ^a   de Wit, Rianne ^c,d   van der Rijt, Carin C D ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Pain characteristics; Pain intensity; Pain prevalence; Pain treatment; Residential homes

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC PAIN; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOOD; NETHERLANDS; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RESIDENTIAL HOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; ANXIETY; CAREGIVERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DRUG UTILIZATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 43649104545     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2007.12.014     Document Type: Article

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