Cognitive Functioning and Pain Reactions in Hospitalized Elders | Zendy

Thomas Hadjistvropoulos | Zendy; Diane L. LaChapelle | Zendy; Farley K. MacLeod | Zendy; Carla Hale | Zendy; Norm O’Rourke | Zendy; Kenneth D. Craig | Zendy

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Cognitive Functioning and Pain Reactions in Hospitalized Elders

Author(s) -

Thomas Hadjistvropoulos,

Diane L. LaChapelle,

Farley K. MacLeod,

Carla Hale,

Norm O’Rourke,

Kenneth D. Craig

Publication year - 1998

Publication title -

pain research and management

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.702

H-Index - 56

eISSN - 1918-1523

pISSN - 1203-6765

DOI - 10.1155/1998/621580

Subject(s) - cognition , nonverbal communication , pain assessment , context (archaeology) , psychology , venipuncture , physical therapy , coding (social sciences) , clinical psychology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine , psychiatry , developmental psychology , pain management , paleontology , statistics , mathematics , biology

BACKGROUND: Objectively coded facial activity provides a useful index of pain among elders who have difficulty in reporting pain because of cognitive impairments. However, limitations of previous research include no direct assessment of participants' level of cognitive impairment; no comparison of the reactions of elders with cognitive impairments with those of nonimpaired elders; observers' expectations about pain levels could have influenced judgements about the severity of pain experienced when global rather than objectively coded measures were used because the painful medical procedure was visible on film

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