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Standard pain assessments understood in mild dementia. (Evaluate Pain Via Behavioral Cues).
SAN DIEGO -- Most elderly people with mild to moderate dementia can understand at least one visual pain scale and should be asked about their pain more often, researchers in Switzerland have found.
Severely demented patients may not be able to comprehend any of the assessment tools used and should have their pain evaluated through behavioral cues such as deportment and psychosocial interactions, Dr. Sophie Pautex said in a poster session at the World Congress on Pain.
In their study of 160 hospitalized patients, Dr. Pautex and her associates found that more than 70% of the patients, including about one-third of the most severely impaired patients, could understand and use at least one of four visual scales commonly used in ...
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