Prevalence and Relevance of Pain in Older Persons

Pain Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2012, Pages

  Gibson, Stephen J ^a,b   Lussier, David ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL AGEING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b Caulfield Pain Management and Research Centre   (Australia)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Depression; Disability; Elderly; Persistent pain; Prevalence; Undertreatment

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MOOD DISORDER; NOTE; PAIN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84859878698     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2012.01349.x     Document Type: Article

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