Using observational facial descriptors to infer pain in persons with and without dementia

Abstract Background For patients with advanced dementia, pain diagnosis and assessment requires observations of pain-indicative behavior by others. One type of behavior that has been shown to be a promising candidate is the facial response to pain. To further test how pain-indicative facial response...

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Main Authors: Stefan Lautenbacher, Anna Lena Walz, Miriam Kunz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12877-018-0773-8