Observer-rated pain assessment instruments improve both the detection of pain and the evaluation of pain intensity in people with dementia

European Journal of Pain (United Kingdom)

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1558-1568

  Lukas, A ^a,d   Barber, J B ^a   Johnson, P ^a   Gibson, S J ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL AGEING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b Caulfield Pain Management and Research Centre   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84894122581     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1532-2149.2013.00336.x     Document Type: Article

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