This retrospective cross-sectional study determines the prevalence and intensity of pain in various subtypes of dementia and examines the association of pain with neuropsychiatric behaviors. The results indicate that pain is very common in all dementia subtypes and strongly linked to agitation, aggression, and depression in this population.
Read the study by Dementia Centre members Stephen Macfarlane, Mustafa Atee, Thomas Morris, Colm Cunningham, published in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management.
