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Pain in Older Persons

SUMMARY This chapter provides an overview of research into pain and aging, including pain assessment and age-related patterns of pain intensity and prevalence. Older people are less likely than younger people to report pain associated with acute pathology, whereas age…

Pain Measurement in Adult Patients

SUMMARY Pain is a personal, subjective experience that consists of sensory–discriminative, motivational–affective, and cognitive–evaluative dimensions. Accurate, valid, and reliable measurement of pain is essential if we are to (1) better understand the factors that determine pain intensity, quality, and duration;…