Chronic pain in a sample of nursing home residents: Prevalence, characteristics, influence on quality of life (QoL)

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 121-128

  Zanocchi, Mauro ^a   Maero, Barbara ^a   Nicola, Elena ^a   Martinelli, Elisa ^a   Luppino, Angela ^a   Gonella, Mafalda ^a   Gariglio, Federico ^a   Fissore, Laura ^a   Bardelli, Benedetta ^a   Obialero, Rossella ^a   Molaschi, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Nursing home; Pain assessment

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; STEROID;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FACE PAIN SCALE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; ITALY; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOOD; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NUTRITION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE (STATISTICS); SLEEP; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 44449173658     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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