Decoding Pain from the Facial Display of Patients with Dementia: A Comparison of Professional and Nonprofessional Observers

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 469-477

  Lautenbacher, Stefan ^a   Niewelt, Beate G ^a   Kunz, Miriam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decoding; Dementia; Facial Expressions; Observer; Pain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FACE; FACE PAIN; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION; MALE; NURSE; OBSERVER BIAS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RELIABILITY; TRAINING; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NURSES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84876161673     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12050     Document Type: Article

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