[Specificity of pain assessment in the aged].
Pain is frequent in older subjects but remains under diagnosed and treated. Systematic evaluation of pain is recent and the assessment tools, although well known, are only occasionally used. The main progress in the evaluation of pain in the elderly is the concept of behavioral assessment. Two assessment scales have been designed for people with communication disorders: the DOLOPLUS and the ECPA. Every carer should be skilled in the use of at least one auto and one hetero assessment scale to recognize and treat pain in the older subjects.
Wary
Bernard
B
Service régional de soins palliatifs, CHR Metz-Thionville. cspbelair@free.fr
Villard
Jean-François
JF
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires