Discrepancy between self- and proxy-rated pain in Alzheimer's disease: Results from the Danish Alzheimer Intervention Study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1274-1278

  Jensen Dahm, Christina ^a   Vogel, Asmus ^a   Waldorff, Frans B ^a,b   Waldemar, Gunhild ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; analgesics; dementia; EQ 5D; pain

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; PROXY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84863831927     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04036.x     Document Type: Article

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