title: [Validity 'and Utilities' clinic of a grid observation (PACSLAC-F) to evaluate the pain in seniors with dementia's living in the Long-Term Care ].
abstract: This study presents the validation of the French Canadian version (PACLSAC-F) of the Pain Assessment Checklist for Seniors with Limited Ability to Communicate (PACSLAC). Unlike the published validation of the English version of the PACSLAC, which was validated retrospectively, the French version was validated prospectively. The PACSLAC-F was completed by nurses working in long-term care facilities after observing 86 seniors, with severe cognitive impairment, in calm, painful or distressing but non-painful situations. The test-retest and inter-observer reliability, the internal consistency, and the discriminent validity were found to be satisfactory. To evaluate the convergent validity with the DOLOPLUS-2 and the clinical relevance of the PACSLAC, it was also completed by nurses during their work shift, with 26 additional patients, for three days per week during a period of four weeks. These results encourage us to test the PACSLAC in a comprehensive program of pain management targeting this population.
authors.affiliation: Unité de recherche en gériatrie et équipe de recherche en soins palliatifs, Université Laval, Canada. michele.aubin@mfa.ulaval.ca
authors.forename: Michèle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aubin
authors.forename: René
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Verreault
authors.forename: Maryse
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Savoie
authors.forename: Sylvie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: LeMay
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hadjistavropoulos
authors.forename: Lise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fillion
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beaulieu
authors.forename: Chantal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Viens
authors.forename: Rénald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bergeron
authors.forename: Lucie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vézina
authors.forename: Lucie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Misson
authors.forename: Shannon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fuchs-Lacelle
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D009726:Nurses; D009735:Nursing Homes; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results