Pain assessment of senile dementia patients and nursing interventions

VernacularTitle:重度老年痴呆患者疼痛评估的研究与护理
Author: Jing SHAO ¹ ; Ren-Xia ZHANG ; Dong-Mei XU ; Fei-Fei LI
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1. 北京市回龙观医院
Keywords: Nursing; Pain; Senile dementia; Evaluation
From: Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2009;15(3):217-219
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To explore the pain assessment methods of severe senile dementia patients and nursing measures of reducing the pain stress. Methods 40 severe senile dementia patients were randomly divided into assessment group and control group (20 patients per group). Two groups were evaluated by Chinese version of Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia Scale (C-PAINAD) with routine medical treatments-venipuncture, in addition, corresponding non-drug treatments was only given in assessment group Two groups were reevaluated by C-PAINAD 60 minutes later. Results All of the 40 patients had different degree pain during the routine medical treatments , there was no difference between the two groups ( P > 0. 05 ). The reevaluated scorns of assessment group were signitieanfly lower than that of control group ( P < 0. 01 ). Conclusions Pains are very common among severe senile dementia patients during the routine medical treatments and can be evaluated by C-PALNAD. Corresponding non--drug treatments could reduce the harmful effects of pain on senile dementia patients.