TY - JOUR AU - Zwakhalen, Sandra MG AU - Hamers, Jan PH AU - Abu-Saad, Huda Huijer AU - Berger, Martijn PF PY - 2006 DA - 2006/01/27 TI - Pain in elderly people with severe dementia: A systematic review of behavioural pain assessment tools JO - BMC Geriatrics SP - 3 VL - 6 IS - 1 AB - Pain is a common and major problem among nursing home residents. The prevalence of pain in elderly nursing home people is 40–80%, showing that they are at great risk of experiencing pain. Since assessment of pain is an important step towards the treatment of pain, there is a need for manageable, valid and reliable tools to assess pain in elderly people with dementia. SN - 1471-2318 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-6-3 DO - 10.1186/1471-2318-6-3 ID - Zwakhalen2006 ER -