Prevalence of analgesic use and pain in people with and without dementia or cognitive impairment in aged care facilities: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Current Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 194-203

  Tan, Edwin C K ^a   Jokanovic, Natali ^a,b   Koponen, Marjaana P H ^c   Thomas, Dennis ^a   Hilmer, Sarah N ^d,e,f   Bell, J Simon ^a,c,f,g  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f HORNSBY KU RING GAI HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analgesics; Dementia; Homes for aged; Long term care; Nursing home; Pain; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL; ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DATA EXTRACTION; DEMENTIA; DRUG USE; EMBASE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; SELF REPORT; TRENDS;

ANALGESICS; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; PAIN; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84938958612     PISSN: 15748847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157488471003150820144958     Document Type: Article

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