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Pain management in dementia—the value of proxy measures

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The effective assessment and treatment of pain in individuals with dementia carries substantial challenges. A recent study evaluating the presence and treatment of pain in individuals with or without dementia reveals valuable insights into analgesic prescribing practices and highlights critical factors to be addressed in dementia treatment.

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B.S.H. would like to thank the University of Bergen and the G.C. Rieber Foundation for supporting her work. A.C. would like to thank the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Mental Health Biomedical Research Centre and Dementia Unit at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London for supporting her time on this work.

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  1. Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Kalfarveien 31, Bergen, 5020, Norway

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  2. Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases, King's College London, Wolfson Wing, Hodgkin Building, London, SE1 1UL, UK

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Husebo, B., Corbett, A. Pain management in dementia—the value of proxy measures. Nat Rev Neurol 10, 313–314 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneurol.2014.66

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