Adherence of Pain Assessment to the German National Standard for Pain Management in 12 Nursing Homes
Author(s) -
Jürgen Osterbrink,
Z Bauer,
B Mitterlehner,
Irmela Gnass,
Patrick Kutschar
Publication year - 2014
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 - 10.1155/2014/785765
Subject(s) - german , pain management , nursing , medicine , pain assessment , psychology , physical therapy , geography , archaeology
Pain is very common among nursing home residents. The assessment of pain is a prerequisite for effective multiprofessional pain management. Within the framework of the German health services research project, 'Action Alliance Pain-Free City Muenster', the authors investigated pain assessment adherence according to the German national Expert Standard for Pain Management in Nursing, which is a general standard applicable to all chronic⁄acute pain-affected persons and highly recommended for practice.
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