Prediction of Pain During Old People Care Measured by Skin Conductance

Prediction of Pain During Old People Care Measured by Skin Conductance

The purpose of the project is to validate the use of Pain Monitor™ device, not invasive and simple of employment, for old people able to answer to a digital scale of pain intensity.

The main objective is to develop and to validate a model of prediction of the pain in old subject at the time of the care, using the measure of variation of the skin conductance.

Inclusion Criteria:

• hospitalized patient;
• patient over 65 years of age;
• communicating, without cognitive impairment;
• having to undergo an act presumed to be painful during which the patient's mobility is limited: nursing care (removal of a drain, dressing of a chronic wound, urinary catheterization, etc.), medical examination, etc.;
• benefiting from a social security scheme or having rights;
• having given their prior informed written consent;
• person able to read.

Exclusion Criteria:

• cutaneous anomaly on the site of measure;
• pacemaker or internal defibrillator;
• extremities twitching;
• Treated by neostigmine.