Pain treatment for nursing home residents differs according to cognitive state – a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Communication skills are known to decrease with advancing cognitive impairment. Analgesic treatment in long-term care may be deficient due to the residents’ impaired ability to communicate their pain and needs. Undertreated pain frequently leads to rising BPSD in residents with cognitive...

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Autores principales: Bauer, Ulrike, Pitzer, Stefan, Schreier, Maria Magdalena, Osterbrink, Jürgen, Alzner, Reinhard, Iglseder, Bernhard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4912815/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27317390
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-016-0295-1

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