Publications

A sample of publications by Dr. Lucia Gagliese

Pain and Aging Overviews

Mah, K., Tran, K. T., Gauthier, L. R., Rodin, G., Zimmermann, C., Warr, D., ... & Gagliese, L. (2018). Do Correlates of Pain-Related Stoicism and Cautiousness Differ in Younger and Older People With Advanced Cancer?. JOURNAL OF PAIN,19(3), 301-316. 10.1016/j.jpain.2017.11.002

Gagliese, L., Gauthier, L. R., Narain, N., & Freedman, T. (2017). Pain, aging and dementia: Towards a biopsychosocial model. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry10.1016/j.jpain.2017.11.002

Gagliese, L. (2009). Pain and aging: The emergence of a new subfield of pain research.  Journal of Pain 10(4):343-53.

Gagliese, L. & Chambers, C.T., (2007). Pediatric and geriatric pain in relation to sleep disturbances. In. G. Lavigne, M. Choinière, B. Sessle, & P. Soja (Eds.), Progress in Pain Research and Management: Pain and Sleep. Seattle: IASP Press. (pp. 341-359)

Gagliese, L., & Melzack, R. (2005). Pain in the elderly. In S. McMahon & M. Koltzenburg (Eds.), Wall and Melzack’s Textbook of pain. (pp. 1169-1179) Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.

Gagliese, L. & Fillingim, R. Age and sex interactions in pain. (2003). The International Journal Of Sex Differences In The Study Of Health, Disease And Aging, 1, 1-8. 

Gagliese, L., & Melzack, R. (1997). Chronic pain in elderly people. Pain, 70, 3-14

Cancer Pain

Mah, K.*, Tran, K.T.*, Gauthier, L.R., Rodin, G., Zimmermann, C., Warr, D.G., Librach, S.L., Moore, M.J., Shepherd, F.A., & Gagliese, L. (2017). Psychometric evaluation of the Pain Attitudes Questionnaire-Revised for younger and older people with advanced cancer. Submitted to The Journal of Pain. *Co-first authors 10.1016/j.jpain.2017.02.432

Mah, K.*, Rodin, R.*, Chan, V., Stevens, B., Zimmermann, C., & Gagliese, L. Healthcare workers’ judgments about pain in older palliative care patients with and without delirium. Submitted to American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. *Co-first authors 10.1177/1049909116672641

Gagliese, L., Rodin, R., Chan, V., Stevens, B. and Zimmermann, C. (2016) ‘How do healthcare workers judge pain in older palliative care patients with delirium near the end of life?’, Palliative and Supportive Care, 14(2), pp. 151–158. 10.1017/S1478951515000929

Gauthier, L.R., Dworkin, R.H., Warr, D., Pillai Riddell, R., Macpherson, A., Rodin, G., Zimmermann, C.,  Librach, S.L., Moore, M., Shepherd, F.A., & Gagliese, L. (2017) Age-related patterns in cancer pain and its psychosocial impact: investigating the role of variability in physical and mental health quality of life. Submitted to Pain Medicine10.1093/pm/pnx002

Gagliese, L., Jovellanos, M., Zimmermann, C., Shobbrook, C., Warr, D., Rodin, G. (2009) Age-related patterns in adaptation to cancer pain: A mixed-method study. Pain Medicine 10(6): 1050-1061.

Gauthier, L.R., Rodin, G., Zimmermann, C., Warr, D., Moore, M., Shepherd, F., & Gagliese, L. (2009) Acceptance of pain: A study in advanced cancer patients.  Pain 143(1-2): 147-54

Gagliese, L., Gauthier, L., & Rodin, G.M., (2007). Cancer pain and depression: A systematic review of age-related patterns.  Pain Research and Management, 20(3), 205-211

 

Postoperative Pain

Gagliese, L., Jovellanos, M., Gauthier, L., & Chan, V. (2008) Correlates of postoperative pain intensity and patient controlled analgesia use in younger and older surgical patients.  Pain Medicine, 9 (3), 299-314.

Gagliese, L., Weizblit, N., Ellis, W. & Chan, V. (2005). The measurement of postoperative pain: A comparison of intensity scales in younger and older surgical patients Pain, 117, 412-20.

Gagliese, L., & Katz, J. (2003). Age differences in postoperative pain are scale dependent: A comparison of measures of pain intensity and quality in younger and older surgical patients.  Pain, 103, 11-20.

Gagliese, L., Jackson, M., Ritvo, P., Wowk, A., & Katz, J. (2000). Age is not an impediment to effective use of patient-controlled analgesia by surgical patients. Anesthesiology, 93, 601-10.

 

Pain Assessment

Gauthier, L.R. & Gagliese, L. (2011). Assessment of pain in older persons.

In D.C. Turk & R. Melzack (Eds.), Handbook of Pain Assessment 3rd Edition (pp
242-259). New York: Guilford Press.

Hadjistavropoulos, T., Herr, K., Turk, D.C., Fine, P.G., Dworkin, R.H., Helme, R., Jackson, K., Parmelee, P.A., Rudy, T.E., Beattie, B., Chibnall, J.T., Craig, K.D., Ferrell, B.R., Ferrell, B., Fillingim, R.B., Gagliese, L., Gallagher, R., Gibson, S.J., Harrison, E.L., Katz, B., Keefe, F.J., Lieber, S.J., Lussier, D., Schmader, K.E., Tait, R.C., Weiner, D.K. Williams, J. (2007) An Interdisciplinary Expert Consensus Statement on Assessment of Pain in Older Persons. Clinical Journal of Pain, 20 (S1), S1-S43

Gagliese, L., Weizblit, N., Ellis, W. & Chan, V. (2005). The measurement of postoperative pain: A comparison of intensity scales in younger and older surgical patients Pain, 117, 412-20.

Gagliese, L., & Katz, J. (2003). Age differences in postoperative pain are scale dependent: A comparison of measures of pain intensity and quality in younger and older surgical patients.  Pain, 103, 11-20.

Gagliese, L., & Melzack, R. (2003). Age-related differences in the qualities but not the intensity of chronic pain.  Pain, 104, 597-608.

Gagliese, L., & Melzack, R. (1997). Age differences in the quality of chronic pain. Pain Research and Management, 2, 157-162.

 

Age Differences in Chronic Pain

Gagliese, L., & Melzack, R. (2003). Age-related differences in the qualities but not the intensity of chronic pain.  Pain, 104, 597-608.

Gagliese, L., & Katz, J. (2000). Medically unexplained pain is not caused by psychopathology. Pain Research and Management, 5, 251-257.

Gagliese, L., & Melzack, R. (1997). Lack of evidence for age differences in pain beliefs. Pain Research and Management, 2, 19-28.

Gagliese, L., & Melzack, R. (1997). Chronic pain in elderly people. Pain, 70, 3-14

Gagliese, L., & Melzack, R. (1997). Age differences in the quality of chronic pain. Pain Research and Management, 2, 157-162.

 

Aging and Pain Behaviours in Animals

Gagliese, L. & Farrell, M. (2005). The neurobiology of ageing, nociception and pain: an integration of animal and human experimental evidence. In S. Gibson & D. Weiner (Eds.), Progress in Pain Research and Management: Pain in the Older Person. Seattle: IASP Press. (pp. 25-44).

Gagliese, L., & Melzack, R. (2000). Age differences in nociception and pain behaviours in the rat. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 24, 843-854.

Gagliese, L., & Melzack, R. (1999). Age differences in the response to the formalin test in rats. Neurobiology of Aging, 20, 699-707.