Assessment of pain in adults with cognitive impairment: A review of the tools

Schofield, Patricia, Clarke, Amanda, Faulkner, Mark, Ryan, Tony, Dunham, Margaret and Howarth, Amanda (2005) Assessment of pain in adults with cognitive impairment: A review of the tools. International Journal on Disability and Human Development, 4 (2). pp. 59-66. ISSN 2191-1231

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/IJDHD.2005.4.2.59

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to discuss the results of a review into the literature related to chronic pain and the older adult. Several themes within the review have been identified and reported elsewhere and the final report has been published by the University of Sheffield in the form of an annotated bibliography. This report focuses upon the findings of the in relation to the assessment of pain in the adult with cognitive impairment. Issues surrounding assessment in the non-cognitively impaired older adult have also been reported elsewhere. For this paper nine studies will be discussed which report the development and testing of pain assessment scales the focus of which is upon behavioural indicators of pain. Some scales have been omitted from the review and the rationale for this decision will be discussed. Each of the selected scales will be discussed and the authors will make recommendations for both clinical practice and for future research based upon the validity, reliability and user friendliness of the scales. From the paper it can be concluded that the Abbey, DOLOPLUS-2 and PACSLAC appear to be the most reliable and valid and in terms of the “user friendliness” would be appropriate to explore further. Recommendations are made for further multi-centre evaluation of these scales.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: B900 Others in Subjects allied to Medicine
L500 Social Work
Department: Faculties > Health and Life Sciences > Nursing, Midwifery and Health
Depositing User: Becky Skoyles
Date Deposited: 15 Dec 2017 14:43
Last Modified: 01 Aug 2021 07:21
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/32871

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