Resources for the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment based
Proactive and Personalised Primary Care of the Elderly
Abbey Pain Scale
Purpose : Assessment of pain where correct self-evaluation of the pain intensity experienced is no longer possible mild or moderate cognitive impairment (often as a result of dementia or degenerative diseases).
Admin time : 5 min
User Friendly : High
Administered by : GP or nurse
Content : The Abbey Pain Scale assessment is performed by a proxy-rater who observes the subject and evaluates the presence of eight pain-related behaviours from 0 to 3 – representing increasing presence of the behaviour in three sections.
Author : Abbey J et al, 1998-2002
Copyright : free to use
Abbey Pain Scale
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This Tool is used in the Pain Assessment
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The Pain Assessment is one of 5 sub-domains of the Medical Assessment
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The Medical Assessment is one of 8 domains of the
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA)
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