Abstract
Background: People with dementia may not receive the same quality of palliative care as those with other life-limiting conditions, particularly at end of life (EOL).
Aims: To understand the best way to examine pain for people with dementia.
Methods: A systematic review of tools to assess pain in patients with dementia near the end of life, PubMed, Medline, Embase, (EBSCO Host) CINAHL Plus, Web of Science, Psycinfo, PsycArticles and Scopus were searched.
Findings: 15
articles were identified which were synthesised qualitatively.
Conclusion: There are a range of pain assessment tools which are appropriate for use for people with dementia, but 15 studies used a formal tool. A more robust approach is needed to improve the quality of research for measurement and management of pain in this population.
Aims: To understand the best way to examine pain for people with dementia.
Methods: A systematic review of tools to assess pain in patients with dementia near the end of life, PubMed, Medline, Embase, (EBSCO Host) CINAHL Plus, Web of Science, Psycinfo, PsycArticles and Scopus were searched.
Findings: 15
articles were identified which were synthesised qualitatively.
Conclusion: There are a range of pain assessment tools which are appropriate for use for people with dementia, but 15 studies used a formal tool. A more robust approach is needed to improve the quality of research for measurement and management of pain in this population.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 72-85 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | International Journal of Palliative Nursing |
Volume | 27 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published (in print/issue) - 2 Apr 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Acknowledgements: This work was supported by funding from the Administrative Data Research Centre-NI (ADRC-NI) funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
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Keywords
- Dementia
- End of life
- Pain assessment
- Pain assessment tools
- Palliative care
- Advanced and Specialised Nursing
- Pain
- Humans
- Death
- Palliative Care
- Terminal Care
- Pain Measurement