Pain and dementia: A diagnostic challenge

Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-49

  Lukas, A ^a   Schuler, M ^b   Fischer, T W ^c   Gibson, S J ^d   Savvas, S M ^d   Nikolaus, T ^a   Denkinger, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b Diakonie Krankenhaus   (Germany)

^c Evangelische Hochschule für Soziale Arbeit Dresden FH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD); Dementia; Geriatric assessment; Gerontology; Pain measurement

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84856251365     PISSN: 09486704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00391-011-0272-4     Document Type: Article

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