Pain Assessment in Dementia: Evaluation of a Point-of-Care Technological Solution

• Published in: Journal of Alzheimer's disease Vol. 60; no. 1; pp. 137 - 150
• Main Authors: Atee, Mustafa, Hoti, Kreshnik, Parsons, Richard, Hughes, Jeffery D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.01.2017
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Dementia - complications; Facial Expression; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Pain - diagnosis; Pain - etiology; Pain Measurement - methods; Point-of-Care Systems; Psychometrics; Reproducibility of Results; Self Report; ePAT; Automated; reliability; pain assessment; dementia; older people; FACS; psychometric evaluation; facial recognition technology; validation

Pain is common among people with moderate to severe dementia, but inability of patients to self-report means it often goes undetected and untreated. We developed the electronic Pain Assessment Tool (ePAT) to address this issue. A point-of-care App, it utilizes facial recognition technology to detect...