MULTIDIMENSIONAL PAIN AND SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT SCALE FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE IN PALLIATIVE CARE

• Main Authors: Jossiana Wilke Faller (Author), Adriana Zilly (Author), Cynthia Borges de Moura (Author), Pedro Henrique Brusnicki (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná, 2016-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The objective was to assess pain and associated symptoms in elderly cancer patients in home-based palliative care. Quantitative and cross-sectional study involving 33 elderly in Foz do Iguaçu, state of Paraná, Brazil, between January and May 2015, using the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System and a...