Pain assessment for people with dementia: a systematic review of systematic reviews of pain assessment tools

2014291 citationsReviewgold Open Access

Authors

Valentina Lichtner · University of Leeds

Dawn Dowding · Visiting Nurse Service of New York

Philip Esterhuizen · University of Leeds

S. José Closs · University of Leeds

Andrew Long · University of Leeds

Anne Corbett · King's College London

Michelle Briggs ·

Abstract

There are a considerable number of pain assessment tools available for use with the elderly cognitive impaired population. However there is limited evidence about their reliability, validity and clinical utility. On the basis of this review no one tool can be recommended given the existing evidence.

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Pain Management and Opioid Use Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation

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Published in: BMC Geriatrics

Volume 14, Issue 1, pp. 138-138

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-14-138

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