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Analgesic prescribing in care home residents: how epidemiological studies may inform clinical practice
Francesca La Frenais, Patrick Stone, Elizabeth L Sampson. Pain management, 2016-07-07
Topic: Health services, long-term care and technology
Plain-language summary
Care home residents are often frail with multiple comorbidities and cognitive impairment, most commonly caused by dementia. This population is under-represented in clinical trials, leading to a lack of valid and reliable evidence to inform clinicians' prescribing practice. This paper summarizes how epidemiological research conducted in similar populations can inform pain management by describing pain prevalence, risk factors, typical features and functional consequences. This evidence can help overcome the numerous barriers to optimal pain management in care home residents.
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La Frenais, F., Stone, P., & Sampson, E. L. (2016). Analgesic prescribing in care home residents: how epidemiological studies may inform clinical practice. Pain management. https://doi.org/10.2217/pmt-2016-0008
Vancouver
La Frenais F, Stone P, Sampson EL. Analgesic prescribing in care home residents: how epidemiological studies may inform clinical practice. Pain management. 2016. doi:10.2217/pmt-2016-0008. PMID: 27383004.
BibTeX
@article{lafrenais2016-27383004,
author = {La Frenais, Francesca and Stone, Patrick and Sampson, Elizabeth L},
title = {{Analgesic prescribing in care home residents: how epidemiological studies may inform clinical practice}},
journal = {Pain management},
year = {2016},
doi = {10.2217/pmt-2016-0008},
pmid = {27383004},
url = {https://doi.org/10.2217/pmt-2016-0008}
}
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Key findings
- Care home residents are often frail with multiple comorbidities and cognitive impairment, most commonly caused by dementia.
- This population is under-represented in clinical trials, leading to a lack of valid and reliable evidence to inform clinicians' prescribing practice.
- This paper summarizes how epidemiological research conducted in similar populations can inform pain management by describing pain prevalence, risk factors, typical features and functional consequences.
- This evidence can help overcome the numerous barriers to optimal pain management in care home residents.
Study details
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 38/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomized / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on journal's citation record, times cited, citations per year, impact for its field and year, cited by studies here, still being cited, senior author's track record, institution's track record, multicenter collaboration and free to read, so those were left out: it earned 21 of the 56 points we could judge it on, which is 38 out of 100.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Pain management) |
| Journal's citation record | — / 4 | No journal record from OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 1 / 5 | 2016 — within 20 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 0 / 3 | Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Randomized / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomization or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | — / 7 | No citation count (not found in OpenAlex) — left out of this score |
| Citations per year | — / 5 | No citation count or no year — left out of this score |
| Impact for its field and year | — / 6 | No field-weighted citation impact (OpenAlex has none yet) — left out of this score |
| Cited by studies here | — / 6 | Not yet checked against this library's citation graph — left out of this score |
| Still being cited | — / 4 | No yearly citation counts — left out of this score |
| Senior author's track record | — / 4 | Senior author's record not available — left out of this score |
| Institution's track record | — / 3 | No institution listed in OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Multicenter collaboration | — / 3 | Institutions not listed — left out of this score |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 27383004) |
| Free to read | — / 2 | Access not recorded — left out of this score |
| Points | 21 / 56 | Scored on 10 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 21 of the 56 points we could judge it on is 38 out of 100. |
| Total | 38 / 100 | — |
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