Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of PainChek® in UK Aged Care Residents with advanced dementia.
BMC Geriatr
; 21(1): 337, 2021 05 28.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The aim of this study was to further validate PainChek®, an electronic pain assessment instrument, with a population living with dementia in a UK care home.METHOD:
This study utilised a correlational design to evaluate the psychometric properties of PainChek® when compared to the Abbey Pain Scale (APS). Blinded paired pain assessments were completed at rest and immediately post-movement by a researcher and a nurse. A total of 22 participants with a diagnosis of moderate-to-severe dementia and a painful condition were recruited using opportunity sampling.RESULTS:
Overall, 302 paired assessments were collected for 22 participants. Out of these 179 were conducted during rest and 123 were immediately post-movement. The results demonstrated a positive significant correlation between overall PainChek® pain scores and overall APS pain scores (r = 0.818, N = 302, p < .001, one-tailed), satisfactory internal consistency (α = 0.810), moderate single measure intraclass correlation (ICC = 0.680) and substantial inter-rater agreement (κ = 0.719).CONCLUSIONS:
PainChek® has demonstrated to be a valid and reliable instrument to assess the presence and severity of pain in people with moderate-to-severe dementia living in aged care.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Demência
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Aged
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Humans
País como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article