Validating nurses' and nursing assistants' report of assessing pain in older people with dementia

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 42-52

  Chen, Yi Heng ^a   Lin, Li Chan ^a   Watson, Roger ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Agreement; Assessment; Behavioural observation; Dementia; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING STAFF; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TAIWAN; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING STAFF; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN;

EID: 73149115492     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.02950.x     Document Type: Article

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