Pain in Severe Dementia: Self‐Assessment or Observational Scales?

Sophie Pautex, Agnès Michon, Monia Guedira, Héloïse Emond, Paulette Le Lous, Dimitrios Samaras, Jean‐Pierre Michel, François R. Herrmann, Pantéleimon Giannakopoulos

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2006 · 164 citations · 21 references

Abstract

Clinicians should not apply observational scales routinely in severely demented patients, because many are capable of reliably reporting their own pain.

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