Browsing Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care by Subject "Pain"
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Association between pain, neuropsychiatric symptoms, and physical function in dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
(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. ... -
Effekten av manuelle teknikker og bevegelighetstrening ved nedsatt bevegelighet i thoracalcolumna. En singel subject experimentel design studie
(Master thesis, 2014-10-30)Background: Referred pain due to reduced mobility in the thoracic spine is common, and this pain can often be confused with pain from viscera, specially the heart. There are indications that manual therapy and exercises ... -
Efficacy of pain treatment on mood syndrome in patients with dementia: a randomized clinical trial
(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 ... -
(En)gendering body politics. Physiotherapy as a window on health and illness
(Doctoral thesis, 2009-02-13)The aim of this study is to gain knowledge about what patients do to negotiate possibilities and constraints for recuperative encounters with physiotherapists. The historical tenets of Norwegian physiotherapy are recapitulated ... -
An international road map to improve pain assessment in people with impaired cognition: the development of the Pain Assessment in Impaired Cognition (PAIC) meta-tool
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-12-10)Background: Pain is common in people with dementia, yet identification is challenging. A number of pain assessment tools exist, utilizing observation of pain-related behaviours, vocalizations and facial expressions. Whilst ... -
Intertester og test-retest reliabilitet for skåring av smertetegninger ved kroppsområde-analyse.
(Master thesis, 2014-11-03)Intertester and test-retest reliability of pain drawings, using body area analysis. Clinical program in Manual therapy for physical therapists, Institute for Social Medicine, University of Bergen, 2014 Background and ... -
Long-term pain treatment did not improve sleep in nursing home patients with comorbid dementia and depression: A 13-week randomized placebo-controlled trial
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-02-13)Objective: Previous research indicates that pain treatment may improve sleep among nursing home patients. We aimed to investigate the long-term effect of pain treatment on 24-h sleep patterns in patients with comorbid ... -
Movement Aberrations in Patients with Long Lasting Subacromial Impingement Syndrome
(Master thesis, 2014-12-11)Background: Little research has been done to investigate possible movement aberrations in patients with long-lasting (> 12 weeks) shoulder impingement syndrome (SIS). Focus so far has mainly been on possible somatic ... -
Musculoskeletal sequelae in patients with obstetric fistula - a case-control study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-11-08)Background: Obstetric fistula is essentially a result of pelvic injury caused by prolonged obstructed labour. Foot drop and walking difficulties in some of these women signify that the injury may extend beyond the loss of ... -
Pain and physical function among nursing home patients and people with dementia. Cross-sectional analyses from the COSMOS-trial
(Master thesis, 2018-08-24)Background: Previous studies have shown how nursing home patients have poor physical functioning and are largely care dependent in activities of daily life. These patients have a high prevalence of pain and are mainly ... -
Staff distress improves by treating pain in nursing home patients with dementia: results from a cluster-randomized controlled trial
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-12)Context. Most people with dementia develop neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPSs), which are distressing for their carers. Untreated pain may increase the prevalence and severity of NPSs and thereby staff burden. Objectives. We ...