Abstract
Pain is often poorly managed in people who have a dementia. Little is known about how this patient population is managed in hospital, with research to date focused mainly on care homes. This study aimed to investigate how pain is recognised, assessed and managed in patients with dementia in a range of acute hospital wards, to inform the development of a decision support tool to improve pain management for this group.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1-15 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | BMC Health Services Research |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 24 Aug 2016 |