Pain in older adults with dementia: Brazilian validation of Pain Intensity Measure for Persons with Dementia (PIMD)

Mariana Foraciepe; Ana Elisa V. F. Silva; Thais G. Fares; Fânia Cristina Santos

doi:10.1055/s-0043-1771174

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria (Aug 2023)

Pain in older adults with dementia: Brazilian validation of Pain Intensity Measure for Persons with Dementia (PIMD)

Mariana Foraciepe,
Ana Elisa V. F. Silva,
Thais G. Fares,
Fânia Cristina Santos

Affiliations

Mariana Foraciepe: ORCiD; Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Disciplina de Geriatria e Gerontologia, Serviço de Dor e Doenças Osteoarticulares, São Paulo SP, Brazil.
Ana Elisa V. F. Silva: ORCiD; Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Disciplina de Geriatria e Gerontologia, Serviço de Dor e Doenças Osteoarticulares, São Paulo SP, Brazil.
Thais G. Fares: ORCiD; Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Disciplina de Geriatria e Gerontologia, Serviço de Dor e Doenças Osteoarticulares, São Paulo SP, Brazil.
Fânia Cristina Santos: ORCiD; Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Disciplina de Geriatria e Gerontologia, Serviço de Dor e Doenças Osteoarticulares, São Paulo SP, Brazil.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1771174
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 81, no. 08
pp. 720 – 724

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Background Although there are several ways to assess pain in dementia, there is still a need for tools with better items to assess the presence of pain intensity in these individuals.

Published in Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

ISSN: 0004-282X (Print); 1678-4227 (Online)
Publisher: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
Country of publisher: Brazil
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Website: https://www.scielo.br/j/anp/

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