title: Improving pain management in elderly patients with dementia: validation of the Doloshort observational pain assessment scale.
authors.affiliation: Division of palliative medicine, Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, Geneva University Hospital, Ch. De la Savonnière 11, CH-1245 Collonge-Bellerive, Switzerland. sophie.pautex@hcuge.ch
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pautex
authors.forename: François R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Herrmann
authors.forename: Paulette
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Le Lous
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gold
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003704:Dementia / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires