Pain, aging and dementia: Towards a biopsychosocial model

L Gagliese, LR Gauthier, N Narain… - Progress in Neuro …, 2018 - Elsevier
Dementia is a progressive disease associated with irreversible impairment and loss of
cognitive abilities. About half of older people with dementia experience pain. In this paper …

Pain and aging: A unique challenge in neuroinflammation and behavior

SP Singh, J Guindon, PH Mody, G Ashworth… - Molecular …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Chronic pain is one of the most common, costly, and potentially debilitating health issues
facing older adults, with attributable costs exceeding $600 billion annually. The prevalence …

Associations between symptoms of pain, insomnia and depression, and frailty in older adults: A cross-sectional analysis of a cohort study

M Liu, T Hou, M Nkimbeng, Y Li, JL Taylor… - International journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Frailty is prevalent in older adults and has adverse effects on multiple health
outcomes. Pain, insomnia, and depressive symptoms are commonly seen and treatable …

Pain assessment and pain treatment for community‐dwelling people with dementia: A systematic review and narrative synthesis

L Bullock, J Bedson, JL Jordan… - … journal of geriatric …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To describe the current literature on pain assessment and pain treatment for
community‐dwelling people with dementia. Method A comprehensive systematic search of …

Psychometric properties of pain measurements for people living with dementia: a COSMIN systematic review

TO Smith, K Harvey - European Geriatric Medicine, 2022 - Springer
Purpose Detecting pain in older people with dementia is challenging. Consequentially, pain
is often under-reported and under-treated. There remains uncertainty over what measures …

Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines on the management of pain in older people–a summary report

P Schofield, M Dunham, D Martin… - British Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: The objective of this study is to develop an update of the evidence-based
guidelines for the management of pain in older people. Design: Review of evidence since …

Pain in neurodegenerative disease: current knowledge and future perspectives

M de Tommaso, L Arendt-Nielsen, R Defrin… - Behavioural …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Neurodegenerative diseases are going to increase as the life expectancy is getting longer.
The management of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and …

Sleep difficulties, incident dementia and all‐cause mortality among older adults across 8 years: Findings from the National Health and Aging Trends Study

R Robbins, MD Weaver, LK Barger… - Journal of sleep …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Sleep difficulties have been implicated in the development and progression of dementia and
in all‐cause mortality. This study examines the relationship between sleep difficulties …

Epidemiology of pain in people with dementia living in care homes: longitudinal course, prevalence, and treatment implications

AP Rajkumar, C Ballard, J Fossey, M Orrell… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - Elsevier
Introduction Knowledge regarding the longitudinal course, impact, or treatment implications
of pain in people with dementia living in care homes is very limited. Methods We …

The knowledge and attitudes of general practitioners to the assessment and management of pain in people with dementia

AA Jennings, M Linehan, T Foley - BMC Family Practice, 2018 - Springer
Background Pain in people with dementia is underdiagnosed and undertreated. General
practitioners (GPs) play a pivotal role in dementia care but their perspectives on pain in …