Can an observational pain assessment tool improve time to analgesia for cognitively impaired older persons? A cluster randomised controlled trial.
Margaret Fry FryLynn ChenowethGlenn ArendtsPublished in: Emergency medicine journal : EMJ (2017)
Use of the PAINAD was not associated with a shorter time to analgesia, although there was a clinically important but non-significant improvement in the cognitively impaired patient group. Further research is needed to address this clinically important and complex issue.