[Pain measurement in cognitively impaired patients with the Doloshort scale]. / Schmerzmessung bei kognitiv beeinträchtigten Patienten mit der Doloshort-Skala.
Schmerz
; 29(4): 440-4, 2015 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-26024644
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Until recently the measurement of pain in cognitively impaired patients represented a neglected field in the diagnostics and treatment of pain. Investigations indicate a prevalence of pain in nursing home residents of between 45 % and 80 %. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
This study investigated the reliability of the German translation of the Doloshort scale and compared it with the visual analog scale (VS). The aim of this study was to determine the practical applicability of this scale in the clinical routine and to calculate the intrarater reliability (retest) and interrater reliability.RESULTS:
The interrater and intrarater reliability of the Doloshort scale was between 0.949 and 0.970. There was a highly significant correlation between the values of the Doloshort scale and the VAS.CONCLUSION:
The Doloshort scale is a well suited measurement instrument for the evaluation of pain in cognitively impaired patients. Because of the short form only simple instructions are necessary and it has a high acceptance with users.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Psicometría
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Traducción
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Dimensión del Dolor
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Demencia
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Dolor Crónico
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Disfunción Cognitiva
Tipo de estudio:
Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
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Revista:
Schmerz
Asunto de la revista:
NEUROLOGIA
Año:
2015
Tipo del documento:
Article