Effects of an analgesic trial in reducing pain behaviors in community-dwelling older adults with dementia

Nursing Research

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 140-145

  Elliott, Amanda Floetke ^a   Horgas, Ann L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Older adults; Pain management

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION; DEMENTIA; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEORECORDING;

ACETAMINOPHEN; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; DATA COLLECTION; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DEMENTIA; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 63549128286     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNR.0b013e318199b599     Document Type: Article

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