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Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia Scale (PAINAD)

Procedure: - observe patient for 5 minutes before scoring [2] - items for scoring - breathing - vocalization - facial expression - body language - cosolability Interpretation: - 10 points total [1] - 2 possible points each - score of 0 = no pain - score of 1-3 = mild pain - score of 4-6 = moderate pain - score of 7-10 = severe pain

General

numerical rating scale (NRS) assessment of pain; assessment of pain in patients with dementia

References

  1. Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia Scale (PAINAD) https://www.mdcalc.com/calc/3701/pain-assessment-advanced-dementia-scale-painad
  2. Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia Scale (PAINAD) https://dementiapathways.ie/_filecache/04a/ddd/98-painad.pdf
  3. Warden V, Hurley AC, Volicer L. Development and psychometric evaluation of the Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia (PAINAD) scale. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2003;4(1):9-15. PMID: 12807591 https://www.jamda.com/article/S1525-8610(04)70258-3/fulltext