The Rotterdam Elderly Pain Observation Scale (REPOS): A new behavioral pain scale for non-communicative adults and cognitively impaired elderly persons

Journal of Pain Management

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 367-378

  Van Herk, Rhodee ^a   Van Dijk, Monique ^b   Tibboel, Dick ^a,b   Baar, Frans P M ^c   De Wit, Rianne ^d,e   Duivenvoorden, Hugo J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c Laurens Nursing Home 'Antonius IJsselmonde'   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Observation; Older adults; Pain assessment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; ROTTERDAM ELDERLY PAIN OBSERVATION SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 77956080306     PISSN: 19395914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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