Which Facial Descriptors Do Care Home Nurses Use to Infer Whether a Person with Dementia Is in Pain? | Zendy

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Which Facial Descriptors Do Care Home Nurses Use to Infer Whether a Person with Dementia Is in Pain?

Author(s) -

Stefan Lautenbacher,

Elizabeth L Sampson,

Sonja Pähl,

Miriam Kunz

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

pain medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.893

H-Index - 97

eISSN - 1526-4637

pISSN - 1526-2375

DOI - 10.1093/pm/pnw281

Subject(s) - dementia , observational study , pain assessment , medicine , facial expression , pain catastrophizing , psychology , physical therapy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , chronic pain , pain management , disease , communication , pathology

Pain assessment in people with advanced dementia relies strongly on observable pain behaviors, such as facial expressions, body movement, and vocalizations. However, the process of inferring pain in others based on such observations is not well understood. We aimed to investigate which features of facial expressions caregivers rely on when inferring the presence and intensity of pain in people with dementia.

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