Pain practice : the official journal of World Institute of Pain
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
Validation of the Rotterdam Elderly Pain Observation Scale in the Hospital Setting.
The Rotterdam Elderly Pain Observation Scale (REPOS) has been proven useful to assess pain in noncommunicative and cognitively impaired nursing home residents. We evaluated whether the REPOS is also reliable and valid for pain assessment in the hospital setting. ⋯ The REPOS is reliable and valid for the assessment of postoperative and chronic pain in hospital patients who cannot self-report pain.