Objective: The presence of painful physical symptoms may confound the diagnosis of major
depressive disorder and may worsen patient prognosis. Epidemiological literature was …

Background Earlier studies in nursing homes show a high prevalence of cognitive
impairment, dependency in activities of daily living (ADL), pain, and neuropsychiatric …

There have been very few and limited cross-national comparisons concerning pain among
residents of long-term care facilities in Europe. The aim of the present cross-sectional study …

BACKGROUND: There is little information available on the rates of pain in institutionalized
elderly persons, and this is particularly true for Canada. OBJECTIVES: To provide …

Objective To identify pharmacological and nonpharmacological pain management
approaches and associated factors in nursing home residents across Europe. Setting …

OBJECTIVE AND DESIGN: Few studies have compared cross-national characteristics of
residents with pain in European long term care facilities. The SHELTER project, a cross …

Purpose The objective of this systematic literature review was to:(1) estimate the prevalence
of (symptoms of) rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) and (2) explore how …

The assessment and management of pain in nursing homes have been shown to be
suboptimal, but no study has evaluated differences in clinical setting within these homes …

Originalien gen waren entweder städtischkommu nal oder privat geführt, wobei im letzte ren
Fall sowohl kommerzielle als auch ge meinnützige Einrichtungen teilnahmen. Als Maß für …

Abstract Background and Objectives: Chronic pain, dementia, and depression may reduce
activities of daily life in elderly people. We evaluated the correlation between pain intensity …