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The assessment and management of pain in patients with dementia in hospital settings: a multi-case exploratory study from a decision making perspective (2016)
Journal Article
Lichtner, V., Dowding, D., Allcock, N., Keady, J., Sampson, E. L., Briggs, M., …Closs, S. J. (2016). The assessment and management of pain in patients with dementia in hospital settings: a multi-case exploratory study from a decision making perspective. BMC Health Services Research, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-016-1690-1

BACKGROUND: 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 recogni... Read More about The assessment and management of pain in patients with dementia in hospital settings: a multi-case exploratory study from a decision making perspective.

Using sense-making theory to aid understanding of the recognition, assessment and management of pain in patients with dementia in acute hospital settings (2015)
Journal Article
Dowding, D., Lichtner, V., Allcock, N., Briggs, M., James, K., Keady, J., …José Closs, S. (2016). Using sense-making theory to aid understanding of the recognition, assessment and management of pain in patients with dementia in acute hospital settings. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 53, 152-162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2015.08.009

BACKGROUND: The recognition, assessment and management of pain in hospital settings is suboptimal, and is a particular challenge in patients with dementia. The existing process guiding pain assessment and management in clinical settings is based on... Read More about Using sense-making theory to aid understanding of the recognition, assessment and management of pain in patients with dementia in acute hospital settings.