TY - JOUR
T1 - Sources of Discomfort in Persons with Dementia
T2 - Scale and Initial Results
AU - Cohen-Mansfield, Jiska
AU - Thein, Khin
AU - Marx, Marcia S.
AU - Dakheel-Ali, Maha
AU - Jensen, Barbara
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Jiska Cohen-Mansfield et al.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - The Sources of Discomfort Scale (SODS) assesses discomfort manifestations based on source of discomfort, thus making it both distinct from and complementary to pain assessments for persons with dementia. Sources were categorized as pertaining to physical discomfort, to body position, and to environmental sources. Body position sources of discomfort were related to poor functional status and to pain. The SODS scores were not related to cognitive functioning, and sources of discomfort other than those pertaining to body position were not correlated with pain. This paper demonstrates a direct and enhanced method to detect the manifestations of discomfort separately from pain indicators in a population with advanced dementia. The determination of the source of discomfort has direct implications for intervention.
AB - The Sources of Discomfort Scale (SODS) assesses discomfort manifestations based on source of discomfort, thus making it both distinct from and complementary to pain assessments for persons with dementia. Sources were categorized as pertaining to physical discomfort, to body position, and to environmental sources. Body position sources of discomfort were related to poor functional status and to pain. The SODS scores were not related to cognitive functioning, and sources of discomfort other than those pertaining to body position were not correlated with pain. This paper demonstrates a direct and enhanced method to detect the manifestations of discomfort separately from pain indicators in a population with advanced dementia. The determination of the source of discomfort has direct implications for intervention.
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U2 - 10.1155/2015/732832
DO - 10.1155/2015/732832
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AN - SCOPUS:84936806412
SN - 0953-4180
VL - 2015
JO - Behavioural Neurology
JF - Behavioural Neurology
M1 - 732832
ER -