Orofacial Pain during Mastication in People with Dementia: Reliability Testing of the Orofacial Pain Scale for Non-Verbal Individuals

Objectives. The aim of this study was to establish the reliability of the “chewing” subscale of the OPS-NVI, a novel tool designed to estimate presence and severity of orofacial pain in nonverbal patients. Methods. The OPS-NVI consists of 16 items for observed behavior, classified into four categori...

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Published in:Behav Neurol
Main Authors: de Vries, Merlijn W., Visscher, Corine, Delwel, Suzanne, van der Steen, Jenny T., Pieper, Marjoleine J. C., Scherder, Erik J. A., Achterberg, Wilco P., Lobbezoo, Frank
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4761665/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26977118
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3123402
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