Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Husebø, Bettina Sandgathe"
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Assessment of pain in patients with dementia. Development of a staff-administered behavioural pain assessment tool
Husebø, Bettina Sandgathe (Doctoral thesis, 2008-06-12)Aims: The aim of this thesis is to develop a staff-administered behavioural pain assessment tool for older persons with dementia, to test the instrument with respect to reliability and validity, and to use it in the clinical ... -
Efficacy of pain treatment on mood syndrome in patients with dementia: a randomized clinical trial
Husebø, Bettina Sandgathe; Ballard, Clive; Fritze, Friederike; Sandvik, Reidun Karin; Aarsland, Dag (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-08)Background: Depression is common in nursing home (NH) patients with dementia, and often clustered with anxiety and other mood symptoms. An association between pain and depressive symptoms has been reported, but the impact ... -
Impact of a stepwise protocol for treating pain on pain intensity in nursing home patients with dementia: A cluster randomized trial
Sandvik, Reidun Karin; Selbæk, Geir; Seifert, Reinhard; Aarsland, Dag; Ballard, Clive; Corbett, Anne; Husebø, Bettina Sandgathe (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-05-13)Background: Pain is frequent and distressing in people with dementia, but no randomized controlled trials have evaluated the effect of analgesic treatment on pain intensity as a key outcome. Methods: Three hundred fifty-two ... -
The MOBID-2 pain scale: Reliability and responsiveness to pain in patients with dementia
Husebø, Bettina Sandgathe; Ostelo, R.; Strand, Liv Inger (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-05-05)Background: Mobilization-Observation-Behavior-Intensity-Dementia-2 (MOBID-2) pain scale is a staff-administered pain tool for patients with dementia. This study explores MOBID-2’s test–retest reliability, measurement error ...