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. 2004 Dec 1;54(509):919–921.

Table 1.

Percentage of residents at each level of cognitive impairment who were prescribed and given opioid and non-opioid analgesics over the previous 24 hours.

Analgesic provision Level of cognitive impairment

None Mild Moderate Severe
Non-opioid prescribed 68.2 75.0 35.5 28.6
Non-opioid administered 54.3 50.0 22.6 11.6
Opioid prescribed 40.9 4.2 6.5 7.1
Opioid administered 36.4 4.2 3.2 7.1