ReviewSchmerz (Berlin, Germany)2005
[Pain assessment and pain treatment in the geriatric patient. Part II: pain treatment].
Review in Schmerz (Berlin, Germany), 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.
- The perspectives of older women with chronic neck pain on perceived effects of qigong and exercise therapy on aging: a qualitative interview study.Clinical interventions in aging · 2014Trial
- [Pain in old age].Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2018Review
- [Pain medication in nursing home residents with and without cancer. Most frequently with metamizole].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2015Article
- [Quality and appropriateness of pain medication. Instrument for estimation in nursing home residents].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2013Article
- [Interdisciplinary guidance for pain management in nursing home residents].Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2012Article
- [Complaints under analgesics: the difficult interpretation by older patients].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2009Article
- [Multimodal group therapy for the elderly with chronic pain: concept and results in a before and after comparison].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2008Article
- [AMIKA: psychometric evaluation of a photo-based scale for the assessment of fear avoidance beliefs in elderly individuals].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2007Article
- [Perioperative pain therapy for knee endoprosthetics].Der Orthopade · 2006Review
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6 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
A primary goal of pain treatment in geriatric patients consists of maintaining physical and mental function, which is a precondition of activity and participation. In patients with chronic pain, multidisciplinary treatment without excluding invasive procedures is the most effective approach. The medication ladder, suggested by the WHO initially for cancer pain, provides a guideline for pharmacological treatment. Due to age-dependent alterations in the kinetics and dynamics of pharmaceuticals, the titration of the medication follows the rule "start low and go slow." The same principle holds true for the maintenance or augmentation of physical activity in order to escape from the activity-deconditioning cycle. The training should be based on learning theories, include pain management strategies, and incorporate psychological approaches to facilitate the active participation of the patient in the treatment program. In hospitals and nursing homes, nurses play an important role in defining the need for pain treatment and in supervising the patient in the treatment process. Despite all these endeavors, a significant number of patients remains whose pain cannot be controlled sufficiently. Euthanasia on demand of the patient with untreatable pain is not admitted in Germany.
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