Robert D Helme
Biographic Data
| ID | 5549219 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert D Helme |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert D |
| FAMILY NAME | Helme |
| SIGNATURE | HELME R D |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Ageing Research Institute, Melbourne |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Development of a Pain Attitudes Questionnaire to Assess Stoicism and Cautiousness for Possible Age Differences
This study aimed to develop a pain attitudes questionnaire (PAQ) and examine its reliability and validity for use in assessing the constructs of stoicism and cautiousness relevant to pain perception. The questionnaire was administered to 373 healthy community-dwelling individuals who were subsequently divided into four age groups to test for differences in stoicism and cautiousness, two attitudes that have previously been claimed to influence pai…
The neurocognitive basis of word-finding difficulty in alzheimer's, disease
Past research has indicated that deficits in the areas of visual perception, semantic memory, and word availability may each underlie the word-finding difficulty observed in dementia of the Alzheimer type. This study attempted to evaluate the independent contribution of deficits in each of these cognitive domains to naming ability in a single sample of patients. In comparison to a group of age-and sex-matched normal controls, performance by the m…
An assessment of psychometric instruments used in a geriatric outpatient pain clinic
A multidisciplinary pain clinic for geriatric patients was established in Melbourne. The major pathological problems referred to the clinic have been musculoskeletal disease and postherpetic neuralgia. A third category of patients referred were a group whose level of reported pain appeared to be without any known physical cause. The initial aims of the clinic were to assess the suitability of available measures to describe the population and to a…
Development of a Pain Attitudes Questionnaire to Assess Stoicism and Cautiousness for Possible Age Differences
This study aimed to develop a pain attitudes questionnaire (PAQ) and examine its reliability and validity for use in assessing the constructs of stoicism and cautiousness relevant to pain perception. The questionnaire was administered to 373 healthy community-dwelling individuals who were subsequently divided into four age groups to test for differences in stoicism and cautiousness, two attitudes that have previously been claimed to influence pai…
An assessment of psychometric instruments used in a geriatric outpatient pain clinic
A multidisciplinary pain clinic for geriatric patients was established in Melbourne. The major pathological problems referred to the clinic have been musculoskeletal disease and postherpetic neuralgia. A third category of patients referred were a group whose level of reported pain appeared to be without any known physical cause. The initial aims of the clinic were to assess the suitability of available measures to describe the population and to a…
The neurocognitive basis of word-finding difficulty in alzheimer's, disease
Past research has indicated that deficits in the areas of visual perception, semantic memory, and word availability may each underlie the word-finding difficulty observed in dementia of the Alzheimer type. This study attempted to evaluate the independent contribution of deficits in each of these cognitive domains to naming ability in a single sample of patients. In comparison to a group of age-and sex-matched normal controls, performance by the m…
Development of a Pain Attitudes Questionnaire to Assess Stoicism and Cautiousness for Possible Age Differences
This study aimed to develop a pain attitudes questionnaire (PAQ) and examine its reliability and validity for use in assessing the constructs of stoicism and cautiousness relevant to pain perception. The questionnaire was administered to 373 healthy community-dwelling individuals who were subsequently divided into four age groups to test for differences in stoicism and cautiousness, two attitudes that have previously been claimed to influence pai…
Medicine (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Construct validity (2 works) · Disease (2 works) · Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (2 works) · Perception (2 works) · Physical therapy (2 works) · Psychiatry (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Psychometrics (2 works)