Pain among nursing home patients in the Netherlands:Prevalence, course, clinical correlates, recognition and analgesic treatment - An observational cohort study
Background. Pain is highly prevalent in nursing homes (NH) in several countries. Data about pain in Dutch NH's, where medical care is delivered by specifically trained NH-physicians, are not available. The aim of the present study is to determine prevalence, course, correlates, recognition and treatment of pain among Dutch NH-patients and to make a comparison with international data. Methods. The study-population consisted of 350 elderly NH-patients from 14 Dutch NH's. Pain (pain-subscale Nottingham Health Profile) and clinical characteristics (gender, age, cognition, depression, anxiety, slee... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2007 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Smalbrugge , M , Jongenelis , L K , Pot , A M , Beekman , A T F & Eefsting , J A 2007 , ' Pain among nursing home patients in the Netherlands : Prevalence, course, clinical correlates, recognition and analgesic treatment - An observational cohort study ' , BMC Geriatrics , vol. 7 , 3 . https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-7-3 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27232820 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://research.vumc.nl/en/publications/99cade98-02aa-4c6a-8e71-b43c5ae6c7a8 |