Pain and psychological well-being of older persons living in nursing homes: An exploratory study in planning patient-centred intervention

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 312-321

  Tse, Mimi ^a   Leung, Rincy ^b   Ho, Suki ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b Department of Health ^*  (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Nursing homes; Older persons; Pain; Psychological well being

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SATISFACTION; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84855744986     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05738.x     Document Type: Article

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