منابع مشابه
Assessing pain in older adults.
WHY: Studies on pain in older adults (persons 65 years of age and older) have demonstrated that 25%45% of community dwelling older people have chronic pain. 45-85% of nursing home residents also report pain that is often left untreated. Although there is minimal research that strictly focuses on pain in older adults, studies with younger participants have elucidated associations between pain an...
متن کاملPain assessment for older adults.
WHY: Studies on pain in older adults (persons 65 years of age and older) have demonstrated that pain is a common problem. In one study, 50% of adults 65 years of age and older said they experienced pain in the previous 30 days (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, 2006). Up to 80% of nursing residents experience pain regularly. Yet, the undertreatment of pain is pervasive (Zanocchi et al., ...
متن کاملManagement of pain in older adults.
The elderly are often untreated or undertreated for pain. Barriers to effective management include challenges to proper assessment of pain; underreporting on the part of patients; atypical manifestations of pain in the elderly; a need for increased appreciation of the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic changes of aging; and misconceptions about tolerance and addiction to opioids. Physicians ca...
متن کاملManagement of chronic pain in older adults
PROMIS item bank to measure pain interference. A comparison of pain management characteristics of mechanical visual analogue and simple numerical rating scales.assessment of the severity and pain experienced by children: development, initial validation, and preliminary investigation for ratio scale properties. syndromes associated with nervous or somatic lesions and development of a new neuropa...
متن کاملOverview of persistent pain in older adults.
With the shifting age demographics of the U.S. population, more psychologists will be asked to provide clinical services to older adults. Given the high prevalence of persistent pain in aging, in many cases this will mean providing empirically supported interventions for pain and the interference it creates. The purpose of this review is to provide a broad overview of the scope and impact of pe...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Pain Management Nursing
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1524-9042
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmn.2008.09.004