Pain assessment in persons with dementia: Relationship between self-report and behavioral observation

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 126-132

  Horgas, Ann L ^a   Elliott, Amanda F ^b   Marsiske, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Measurement; Pain

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NOCICEPTION; NURSING HOME; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEHAVIOR; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 58149214229     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02071.x     Document Type: Article

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