Pain in care home residents with dementia: An exploration of frequency, prescribing and relatives' perspectives

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 55-63

  Barry, Heather E ^a   Parsons, Carole ^a   Peter Passmore, A ^a   Hughes, Carmel M ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care homes; Dementia; Older people; Pain; Prescribing

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BUPRENORPHINE; COCODAMOL; CODEINE; CODEINE PHOSPHATE; DICLOFENAC; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; HYPNOTIC AGENT; MELOXICAM; MORPHINE; NEFOPAM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PREGABALIN; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NURSE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; NURSING STAFF; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERCEPTION; PRESCRIPTION; RATING SCALE; RELATIVE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; VERBAL DESCRIPTOR SCALE; VERY ELDERLY; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN IRELAND; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84918830170     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.4111     Document Type: Review

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