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Pain Assessment in Nonverbal Older Adults with Dementia

언어적 의사소통이 어려운 치매환자에서의 통증 사정

  • Kim, Hyun Sook (Department of Social Welfare, Korea National University of Transportation) ;
  • Yu, Su Jeong (Department of Nursing, Sangji University)
  • 김현숙 (한국교통대학교 사회복지학과) ;
  • 유수정 (상지대학교 간호학과)
  • Received : 2013.08.16
  • Accepted : 2013.08.27
  • Published : 2013.09.01
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Abstract

This study was performed to evaluate the existing pain assessment methods including the tools developed for use with nonverbal older adults with dementia, and to suggest recommendations to clinicians based on the evaluations. Computerized literature searches published after year 2000 using databases - Google scholar, RISS, KoreaMed, Medline, ScienceDirect, CINAHL - were done. Searching keywords were 'pain', 'pain assessment', and 'cognitive impairment/dementia'. The pain assessments for non-communicative dementia patients who are unable to self-report their pains are often made using the assessment tools relying on the observation of behavioral indicators or alternatively the strategy of surrogate reporting. While several tools in English version and only one in Korean are suggested for the pain assessments based on the observation of behavioral indicators, none are commonly used. In this review, we selectively evaluated those tools known to show relatively higher degree of validity and reliability for nonverbal older adults with dementia, namely, CNPI, DOLOPLUS 2, PACSLAC, PAINAD, and DS-DAT. It is hoped that the present review of selected tools for assessing pain in those vulnerable population and the general recommendations given be useful for clinicians in their palliative care practice. And future studies should focus on enriching the validation of the useful tools used to observe the nonverbal patient's behavioral indicators for pain in Korean.

목적: 본고는 완화의료에서 언어적 의사소통이 제한되어있어 통증의 자가보고가 어려운 대상자들 중 치매환자를 대상으로 한 통증 사정 방법을 고찰하여 임상실천에서의 지식을 증가하는데 그 목적이 있다. 방법: 본 연구는 문헌고찰연구로, '통증(pain)', '통증 사정/평가(pain assessment)', '인지기능장애/치매(cognitive impairment/dementia)'를 주제어로 Google scholar, 한국교육학술정보원(www.riss4u.net), KoreaMed, Medline, Science-Direct, CINAHL 등의 database에서 2000년 이후에 발간된 국내외 문헌을 검색하였다. 또한 필요시 언어적 의사소통이 어려운 치매환자에서 통증 사정과 관련된 국내외 전문서적을 참고하였다. 결과: 언어적 의사소통이 어려운 치매 환자의 통증 사정 방법에는 자가보고 외에 행동관찰 통증 사정 도구를 활용하여 환자의 행동을 관찰하는 방법과 대리인의 관찰에 의한 측정방법 등이 사용되고 있었다. 이중 행동 관찰 통증 사정에는 여러 가지 표준화된 도구들이 제시되었으나, 표준화되어 일반적으로 흔히 사용되는 도구는 없었다. 이에 통증 행동관찰 사정 도구 중 비교적 타당도 및 신뢰도가 높게 나타난 도구인 CNPI, DOLOPLUS 2, PACSLAC, PAINAD와 국내에서 유일하게 사용된 도구인 DS-DAT를 선택하여 고찰 후 비교분석 하였다. 결론: 완화의료에서 언어적 의사소통이 어려운 치매환자의 통증을 정확하게 사정하는 것은 어려운 일이지만 적절한 통증관리를 위해 매우 중요하다. 본고에서 제시한 치매환자 통증 사정의 일반적 지침들은 임상에서 활용하기에 유용할 것으로 기대된다. 추후 국내에서 언어적 의사소통이 어려운 치매환자들의 통증 사정 시 행동관찰 통증 사정 도구들을 사용하기 위해서 한글판 타당도 및 신뢰도 검증 연구가 선행되어야 할 것이다.

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