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Assessing the pain of people with cognitive impairment
Author(s) -
Cook Ailsa K. R.,
Niven Catherine A.,
Downs Murna G.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
international journal of geriatric psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1166
pISSN - 0885-6230
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1166(199906)14:6<421::aid-gps932>3.0.co;2-y
Subject(s) - cognitive impairment , cognition , psychology , pain assessment , psychiatry , gerontology , medicine , pain management , physical therapy
This review presents evidence of the undertreatment of pain for people with cognitive impairment and explores reasons for this, emphasizing inadequate detection due to lack of suitable pain assessment protocols. Implications for practice and suggestions for further research are made. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.