Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Achterberg, Wilco P."
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Are Chronic Pain Patients with Dementia Being Undermedicated?
Achterberg, Wilco P.; Erdal, Ane; Husebø, Bettina; Kunz, Miriam; Lautenbacher, Stefan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)In dementia, neuropathological changes alter the perception and expression of pain. For clinicians and family members, this knowledge gap leads to difficulties in recognizing and assessing chronic pain, which may consequently ... -
Association between pain, neuropsychiatric symptoms, and physical function in dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
van Dalen-Kok, Annelore H.; Pieper, Marjoleine J.C.; de Waal, Margot W.M.; Lukas, Albert; Husebø, Bettina; Achterberg, Wilco P. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-04-19)Background Pain, neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) and functional impairment are prevalent in patients with dementia and pain is hypothesized to be causal in both neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) and functional impairment. ... -
Blood pressure, antihypertensive medication and neuropsychiatric symptoms in older people with dementia: The COSMOS study
de Jong-Schmit, Bianca E. M.; Poortvliet, Rosalinde K. E.; Böhringer, Stefan; Bogaerts, Jonathan M. K.; Achterberg, Wilco P.; Husebø, Bettina (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Objectives Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) are very common in older patients with dementia. There is increasing evidence that hypoperfusion of the brain plays a role in the development of NPS. The aim of this study is to ... -
The interactive relationship between pain, psychosis, and agitation in people with dementia: results from a cluster-randomised clinical trial
Habiger, Torstein Frugård; Flo, Elisabeth; Achterberg, Wilco P.; Husebø, Bettina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-03)Background. Neuropsychiatric symptoms are common in people with dementia, and pain is thought to be an important underlying factor. Pain has previously been associated with agitation, and pain treatment has been shown to ... -
The Pain Assessment in Impaired Cognition scale (PAIC15): A multidisciplinary and international approach to develop and test a meta-tool for pain assessment in impaired cognition, especially dementia
Kunz, Miriam; de Waal, Margot W. M.; Achterberg, Wilco P.; Gimenez-Llort, Lydia; Lobbezoo, Frank; Sampson, Elizabeth L.; van Dalen-Kok, Annelore H.; Defrin, Ruth; Invitto, Sara; Konstantinovic, Ljubica; Oosterman, Joukje; Petrini, Laura; van der Steen, Jenny T.; Strand, Liv Inger; de Tommaso, Marina; Zwakhalen, Sandra; Husebø, Bettina; Lautenbacher, Stefan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background: Over the last decades, a considerable number of observational scales have been developed to assess pain in persons with dementia. The time seems ripe now to build on the knowledge and expertize implemented in ... -
Pain management in patients with dementia
Achterberg, Wilco P.; Pieper, Marjoleine J.C.; van Dalen-Kok, Annelore H.; de Waal, Margot W.M.; Husebø, Bettina; Lautenbacher, Stefan; Kunz, Miriam; Scherder, Erik J.A.; Corbett, Anne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-10-31)There are an estimated 35 million people with dementia across the world, of whom 50% experience regular pain. Despite this, current assessment and treatment of pain in this patient group are inadequate. In addition to the ...