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  1. Achterberg WP, Gambassi G, Finne-Soveri H, Liperoti R, Noro A, Frijters DH, et al. Pain in European long-term care facilities: cross-national study in Finland, Italy and The Netherlands. Pain 2010;148(1):70-4. PubMed  
  2. Husebo BS, Ballard C, Aarsland D. Pain treatment of agitation in patients with dementia: a systematic review. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2011;26(10):1012-8. PubMed  
  3. Husebo BS, Strand LI, Moe-Nilssen R, Husebo SB, Aarsland D, Ljunggren AE. Who suffers most? Dementia and pain in nursing home patients: a cross-sectional study. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2008;9(6):427-33. PMID: 18585645 PubMed  
  4. Husebo BS, Ballard C, Sandvik R, Nilsen OB, Aarsland D. Efficacy of treating pain to reduce behavioural disturbances in residents of nursing homes with dementia: cluster randomised clinical trial. BMJ 2011; doi: 10.1136/bmj.d4065. DOI  
  5. Husebo BS, Ballard C, Fritze F, Sandvik RK, Aarsland D. Efficacy of pain treatment on mood syndrome in patients with dementia: a randomized clinical trial. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2013; DOI: 10.1002/gps.4063. DOI  
  6. Flo E, Gulla C, Husebo BS. Effective pain management in patients with dementia: benefits beyond pain? Drugs Aging 2014;31(12):863-71. PubMed  
  7. Achterberg WP, Pieper MJ, van Dalen-Kok AH et al. Pain management in patients with dementia. Clin Interv Aging. 2013;8:1471-82. Epub 2013 Nov 1. PMID: 24204133 PubMed  
  8. Husebo BS, Achterberg W, Flo E. Identifying and Managing Pain in People with Alzheimer's Disease and Other Types of Dementia: A Systematic Review. CNS Drugs. 2016 Jun;30(6):481-97. PMID: 27240869 PubMed  
  9. Erdal A, Flo E, Aarsland D et al. Tolerability of buprenorphine transdermal system in nursing home patients with advanced dementia: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial (DEP.PAIN.DEM). Clin Interv Aging. 2018 May 16;13:935-946. PMID: 29805252 PubMed  
  10. Benedetti F, Arduino C, Costa S, Vighetti S, Tarenzi L, Rainero I, et al. Loss of expectation-related mechanisms in Alzheimer's disease makes analgesic therapies less effective. Pain 2006;121(1-2):133-44.
  11. Husebo BS, Strand LI, Moe-Nilssen R, Husebo SB, Ljunggren AE. Pain in older persons with severe dementia. Psychometric properties of the Mobilization-Observation-Behaviour-Intensity-Dementia (MOBID-2) Pain Scale in a clinical setting. Scan J Caring Sci 2010;24(2):380-91. PubMed  
  12. Husebo BS, Ostelo R, Strand LI. The MOBID-2 pain scale: Reliability and responsiveness to pain in patients with dementia. Eur J Pain 2014; doi:10.1002/ejp.507. DOI  
  13. Corbett A, Husebo B, Malcangio M, Staniland A, Cohen-Mansfield J, Aarsland D, et al. Assessment and treatment of pain in people with dementia. Nature Rev Neurol 2012;8(5):264-74. PubMed  
  14. Helsedirektoratet (2021). Nasjonal veileder for vanedannende legemidler nettdokument. Oslo: Helsedirektoratet (sist faglig oppdatert 19. oktober 2021, lest 29. oktober 2021).
  • Silje Folven Barlindhaug, spesialist i allmennmedisin, redaktør NEL

Tidligere fagmedarbeidere

  • Bettina S. Husebø, førsteamanuensis, Senter for alders- og sykehjemsmedisin (SEFAS), Institutt for global helse og samfunnsmedisin, Universitetet i Bergen