La Frenais, FL;
Stone, P;
Sampson, EL;
(2016)
Analgesic prescribing in care home residents: how epidemiological studies may inform clinical practice.
Pain Management
, 6
(6)
pp. 561-568.
10.2217/pmt-2016-0008.
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Abstract
Care home residents are often frail with multiple comorbidities and cognitive impairment, most commonly caused by dementia. This population is under-represented in clinical trials, leading to a lack of valid and reliable evidence to inform clinicians’ prescribing practice. This paper summarizes how epidemiological research conducted in similar populations can inform pain management by describing pain prevalence, risk factors, typical features and functional consequences. This evidence can help overcome the numerous barriers to optimal pain management in care home residents.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Analgesic prescribing in care home residents: how epidemiological studies may inform clinical practice |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.2217/pmt-2016-0008 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.2217/pmt-2016-0008 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2016 Future Medicine Ltd |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Division of Psychiatry |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1503316 |
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