Journal article
Using Complementary and Alternative Medicine to Treat Pain and Agitation in Dementia
Critical care nursing clinics of North America, Vol.29(4), pp.519-537
12/2017
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnc.2017.08.010
PMCID: 5687304
PMID: 29107312
Abstract
The risk of pain in adults with dementia worsens with advancing age. Painful comorbidities may be underassessed and inadequately treated. Receiving treatment in critical care settings may indicate greater occurrences of pain and complications. Pain may exacerbate behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), such as agitation. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies may alleviate pain and BPSD, and continuity of therapy may bolster these therapeutic effects. This review did not reveal an apparent benefit of aromatherapy; however, improvements in BPSD have been shown previously. Massage and human interaction did demonstrate efficacy in reducing BPSD and pain.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Using Complementary and Alternative Medicine to Treat Pain and Agitation in Dementia
- Creators
- Alison R. Anderson - Vanderbilt UniversityJie Deng - Vanderbilt UniversityRobert S. Anthony - Vanderbilt UniversitySebastian A. Atalla - Vanderbilt UniversityTodd B. Monroe - Vanderbilt University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Critical care nursing clinics of North America, Vol.29(4), pp.519-537
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.cnc.2017.08.010
- PMID
- 29107312
- PMCID
- 5687304
- NLM abbreviation
- Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am
- ISSN
- 0899-5885
- eISSN
- 1558-3481
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- Grant note
- K23 AG046379-01A1; R21 AG045735-01A1; R21 AG045735-01A1 / National Institutes of Health (http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000002) Vanderbilt Office of Clinical and Translational Scientist Development Mayday Fund (http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100001744) Vanderbilt Clinical and Translational Research Scholars Program John A. Hartford Foundation (http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000909)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/2017
- Academic Unit
- Nursing
- Record Identifier
- 9984446545802771
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