Pain Management Nursing
Volume 9, Issue 2 , Pages 48-54 , June 2008

Assessing Pain in Dementia Patients with Comorbid Delirium and/or Depression

  • Thomas Hadjistavropoulos, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology and Centre on Aging and Health, University of Regina, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Thomas Hadjistavropoulos, PhD, Department of Psychology and Centre on Aging, and Health University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada, S4S 0A2.
    • ,
  • Philippe Voyer, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Nursing Science, Université Laval, Canada
    • ,
  • Donald Sharpe, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Regina, Canada
    • ,
  • René Verreault, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Geriatric Research Unit, Université Laval, Canada
    • ,
  • Michèle Aubin, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, Université Laval, Canada.

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 Supported through a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Investigator Award and an RBC Senior Research Fellowship to Thomas Hadjistavropoulos. Also supported through Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec (Quebec Health Research Funds), the Saint-Sacrement Hospital Foundation (Fondation de l'Hôpital du Saint-Sacrement), and a Quebec Nursing Research Funds (Fonds de la recherché en sciences infirmières du Québec) Investigator Award to Philippe Voyer.

PII: S1524-9042(08)00003-9

doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2007.12.004

Pain Management Nursing
Volume 9, Issue 2 , Pages 48-54 , June 2008

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