Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia (PAINAD) is a

pain scale A pain scale measures a patient's pain intensity or other features. Pain scales are a common communication tool in medical contexts, and are used in a variety of medical settings. Pain scales are a necessity to assist with better assessment of pai ...

developed by Victoria Warden, Ann C. Hurley, and Ladislav Volicer to provide a universal method of analysing the

pain Pain is a distressing feeling often caused by intense or damaging Stimulus (physiology), stimuli. The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as "an unpleasant sense, sensory and emotional experience associated with, or res ...

experienced by people in late stage dementia. "The total score ranges from 0-10 points. A possible interpretation of the scores is: 1-3=mild pain; 4-6=moderate pain; 7-10=severe pain."

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{{reflist Medical assessment and evaluation instruments Dementia Medical scales

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