Pain Management Nursing
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 50-56 , March 2011

Effect of a Virtual Pain Coach on Older Adults' Pain Communication: A Pilot Study

  • Deborah Dillon McDonald, MS, MA, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to; Deborah Dillon McDonald, MS, MA, PhD, School of Nursing, University of Connecticut, 231 Glenbrook Road, Storrs, CT 06269-2026.
    • ,
  • Timothy Gifford, BS

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Intervention and; Prevention, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut
    • ,
  • Stephen Walsh, BA, MTS, ScM, ScD

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut

Received 27 February 2009 ,Revised 7 October 2009 ,Accepted 15 October 2009.

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 Supported with funds from the School of Nursing, University of Connecticut; University of Connecticut Research Foundation; Mu Chapter Sigma Theta Tau; and the McDonald Family Trust.

PII: S1524-9042(09)00121-0

doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2009.10.001

Pain Management Nursing
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