The Italian version of the pain assessment in advanced dementia (PAINAD) scale

Abstract Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience. It's recognized to be modified by individual memory, expectation, and emotion. The most accurate evidence of pain and its intensity is based on patient's description and self-report. One of the main problems in assessing pain...

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Published in:Archives of gerontology and geriatrics 2007-03, Vol.44 (2), p.175-180
Main Authors: Costardi, D, Rozzini, L, Costanzi, C, Ghianda, D, Franzoni, S, Padovani, A, Trabucchi, M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities of Daily Living
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Assessment
Dementia
Dementia - epidemiology
Female
Health Status Indicators
Humans
Internal Medicine
Italy
Male
Middle Aged
Pain
Pain - epidemiology
Pain Measurement
Pain-assessment-in-advanced-dementia (PAINAD)
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Summary:Abstract Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience. It's recognized to be modified by individual memory, expectation, and emotion. The most accurate evidence of pain and its intensity is based on patient's description and self-report. One of the main problems in assessing pain in dementia concerns with the impairment of communication and memory. Unfortunately, the most used tools to evaluate pain have been developed for normal aging people, requiring verbal and cognitive skills. Therefore, proper instruments are urged to be developed, tested, and validated to assess pain in a cognitively impaired population. The purpose of this study was to assess the validity of the PAINAD in the Italian version as a reliable tool for measuring pain in demented people.
ISSN:0167-4943
1872-6976
DOI:10.1016/j.archger.2006.04.008