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| Assessment and understanding of pain in patients with dementia | | Author(s) | Jeff C Huffman, Mark E Kunik |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 40, no 5, October 2000 |
| Pages | pp 574-581 |
| Keywords | Pain ; Dementia ; Evaluation ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | The literature on pain in dementia patients is reviewed. A summary of methods on assessment of pain in demented older people and an examination of studies theorising a decrease in affective pain in this population is discussed. Research reveals three major findings: a moderate decrease in pain occurs in cognitively impaired older people; communicative dementia patients' reports of pain tend to be as valid as those of cognitively intact patients; and assessment scales developed thus far for non-communicative patients require improvements in accuracy and ease of use. Many questions about pain in dementia remain, and the continued development of valid pain assessment techniques is a necessity. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010130208 A |
| Classmark | CT7: EA: 4C: 64A |
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