Effects of dementia on perceived daily pain in home-dwelling elderly people: A population-based study

Age and Ageing

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 496-499

  Mäntyselkä, Pekka ^a,b   Hartikainen, Sirpa ^a,c   Louhivuori Laako, Kirsti ^a   Sulkava, Raimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c Municipal Hospitals of Kuopio   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Dementia; Elderly; Pain

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALGESICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD;

EID: 4544379419     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afh165     Document Type: Article

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