Pain Assessment in Nursing Home Residents With Dementia: Psychometric Properties and Clinical Utility of the CNA Pain Assessment Tool (CPAT)

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 505-510

  Cervo, Frank A ^a,b   Bruckenthal, Patricia ^c   Chen, John J ^b   Bright Long, Lory E ^b,d   Fields, Suzanne ^b,e   Zhang, Guangxiang ^b   Strongwater, Ian ^a  

^a Long Island State Veterans Home   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Stony Brook Medicine   (United States)

^d Maria Regina Residence   (United States)

^e Gurwin Jewish Geriatric Nursing and Rehabilitation Center   (United States)

Author keywords

dementia; nursing home; Pain assessment; psychometric properties

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT PAIN ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; NURSING CARE; NURSING HOME; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESIDENT; SKILL; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 68949219415     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.05.011     Document Type: Article

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