Pain management in patients with dementia

WP Achterberg, MJC Pieper… - … interventions in aging, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
There are an estimated 35 million people with dementia across the world, of whom 50%
experience regular pain. Despite this, current assessment and treatment of pain in this …

A review of pain prevalence in Alzheimer's, vascular, frontotemporal and Lewy body dementias

J van Kooten, TT Binnekade… - Dementia and geriatric …, 2016 - karger.com
Background: Numerous studies have reported on pain in dementia. It has been
hypothesized that pain perception differs between dementia subtypes, and therefore, the …

Palliative care in dementia: literature review of nurses' knowledge and attitudes towards pain assessment

M Burns, S McIlfatrick - International journal of palliative …, 2015 - magonlinelibrary.com
Background Pain is prevalent among older people, yet is often under-recognised and
undertreated in people with dementia. The nurse has a central role in identifying and …

Cancer care for people with dementia: Literature overview and recommendations for practice and research

L Ashley, C Surr, R Kelley, M Price… - CA: A Cancer …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As many countries experience population aging, patients with cancer are becoming older
and have more preexisting comorbidities, which include prevalent, age‐related, chronic …

The impact of dementia on cancer treatment decision-making, cancer treatment, and mortality: a mixed studies review

Y Caba, K Dharmarajan, C Gillezeau… - JNCI Cancer …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Dementia and cancer occur commonly in older adults. Yet, little is known about the effect of
dementia on cancer treatment and outcomes in patients diagnosed with cancer, and no …

Pain reports and pain medication treatment in nursing home residents with and without dementia

TB Monroe, SK Misra, RC Habermann… - Geriatrics & …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The purpose of this pilot study was to determine if a diagnosis of dementia influenced
pain self‐reports and pain medication use in a group of verbally communicative nursing …

Decision factors nurses use to assess pain in nursing home residents with dementia

TB Monroe, A Parish, LC Mion - Archives of psychiatric nursing, 2015 - Elsevier
Nurses caring for older people with various psychiatric illnesses face many obstacles when
treating pain. One setting with a high percentage of psychiatric conditions is long-term care …

A systematic review of the prevalence of comorbid cancer and dementia and its implications for cancer-related care

L McWilliams, C Farrell, G Grande, J Keady… - Aging & mental …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: A comorbid diagnosis of cancer and dementia (cancer–dementia) may have
unique implications for patient cancer-related experience. The objectives were to estimate …

[HTML][HTML] Safety and effectiveness of palliative drug treatment in the last days of life—a systematic literature review

K Jansen, DF Haugen, L Pont, S Ruths - Journal of Pain and Symptom …, 2018 - Elsevier
Context Dying patients commonly experience potentially distressing symptoms. Palliative
care guidelines recommend opioids, anticholinergics, antipsychotics, and benzodiazepines …

Schiff base derivatives of 4-aminoantipyrine as promising molecules: synthesis, structural characterization, and biological activities

R Çakmak, E Başaran, M Boğa, Ö Erdoğan… - Russian Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
In this study, some Schiff bases derived from 4-aminoantipyrine (4-AAP)(VI–X) were
synthesized, characterized by elemental analysis (C, H, N) and three spectral techniques …