Understanding the association between pain and delirium in older hospital inpatients: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective Delirium and pain are common in older adults admitted to hospital. The relationship between these is unclear, but clinically important. We aimed to systematically review the association between pain (at rest, movement, pain severity) and delirium in this population. Methods PubMed, EMBASE,...

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Published in:	Age & Ageing Vol. 53; no. 4; pp. 1 - 12
Main Authors:	White, Nicola, Bazo-Alvarez, Juan Carlos, Koopmans, Michel, West, Emily, Sampson, Elizabeth L
Format:	Article
Published:	Oxford University Press / USA Apr2024
Subjects:	Hospital care of older people Old age Pain measurement Medical information storage & retrieval systems CINAHL database Meta-analysis Descriptive statistics Systematic reviews MEDLINE Odds ratio Delirium Medical databases Online information services Confidence intervals Psychology information storage & retrieval systems Evaluation
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