Booker Staja Q, Herr Keela A
The University of Iowa, College of Nursing, 50 Newton Road, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
The University of Iowa, College of Nursing, 50 Newton Road, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Clin Geriatr Med. 2016 Nov;32(4):677-692. doi: 10.1016/j.cger.2016.06.012. Epub 2016 Aug 11.
Pain in aging adults is a global health problem requiring a proactive and consistent assessment approach. Pain assessment is critical to detecting pain and developing a collaborative and adaptive pain management plan. Getting health providers to assess and measure pain even in older adults who are communicative and can self-report remains a challenge. Self-report is the best method for identifying pain. Using a validated pain assessment scale is key to evaluate pain intensity. This article discusses techniques to obtain self-report and describe appropriate self-report pain tools for a focused pain assessment and reassessment in adults in later life.
老年人的疼痛是一个全球性的健康问题，需要积极且一致的评估方法。疼痛评估对于检测疼痛以及制定协作性和适应性的疼痛管理计划至关重要。即使对于能够交流并自我报告的老年人，让医疗服务提供者进行疼痛评估和测量仍然是一项挑战。自我报告是识别疼痛的最佳方法。使用经过验证的疼痛评估量表是评估疼痛强度的关键。本文讨论了获取自我报告的技巧，并描述了适用于对老年人进行针对性疼痛评估和重新评估的自我报告疼痛工具。
