Liu, Justina Yat Wa, Lai, Claudia

Background: Systematic use of observational pain tools has been advocated as a means to improve pain management for care home residents with dementia. Pain experts suggest that any observational tool should be used as part of a comprehensive pain management protocol, which should include score interpretation and verification with appropriately suggested treatments. The Observational Pain […]

Schulz, R., Monin, J. K., Czaja, S. J., Lingler, J. H., Beach, S. R., Martire, L. M., Dodds, A., Hebert, R. S., Zdaniuk, B., Cook, T. B.

Purpose: assess psychometric properties of scales developed to assess experience and perception of physical, psychological, and existential suffering in older individuals.; Design and Methods: scales were administered to 3 populations of older persons and/or their family caregivers: individuals with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and their family caregivers (N = 105 dyads), married couples in whom 1 […]

Sandvik, R. K., Selbaek, G., Seifert, R., Aarsland, D., Ballard, C., Corbett, A., Husebo, B. S.

Background: Pain is frequent and distressing in people with dementia, but no randomized controlled trials have evaluated the effect of analgesic treatment on pain intensity as a key outcome. Methods: Three hundred fifty‐two people with dementia and significant agitation from 60 nursing home units were included in this study. These units, representing 18 nursing homes […]

Husebo, B. S., Ballard, C., Sandvik, R., Nilsen, O. B., Aarsland, D.

Objective: To determine whether a systematic approach to the treatment of pain can reduce agitation in people with moderate to severe dementia living in nursing homes.; Design: Cluster randomised controlled trial.; Setting: 60 clusters (single independent nursing home units) in 18 nursing homes within five municipalities of western Norway.; Participants: 352 residents with moderate to […]

Husebo, B. S., Ballard, C., Fritze, F., Sandvik, R. K., Aarsland, D.

Background: Depression is common in nursing home (NH) patients with dementia, and often clustered with anxiety and other mood symptoms. An association between pain and depressive symptoms has been reported, but the impact of pain management on depression and other mood symptoms has not been investigated. Objective: Secondary analyses of a cluster randomized clinical trial […]