Pain assessment in cognitive impairment

Peter Passmore; Emma Cunningham

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Pain assessment in cognitive impairment

Peter Passmore^*, Emma Cunningham

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Abstract

Pain may adversely affect cognition through its effects on mood and sleep, and chronic pain has been associated with brain atrophy. Studies suggest that chronic pain is undertreated in cognitively impaired people. Pain assessment should involve direct enquiry with the patient; where this is not possible, a proxy history from a caregiver or nurse should be obtained, and observational scales may also be useful. This report is adapted from paineurope 2014; Issue 1,

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	305-307
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy
Volume	28
Issue number	3
Early online date	28 Aug 2014
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3109/15360288.2014.941136
Publication status	Published - Sep 2014

Keywords

Assessment
Cognitive impairment
Dementia
Geriatrics
Pain

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Pharmacology (medical)

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