Underreporting of Pain for Short-Stay Nursing Home Residents in the Minimum Data Set 3.0?: Staff-Report, Self-Report, and the Role of Cognitive Impairment and Racial/Ethnic Identity

Previous studies examining biases in pain reporting among nursing home (NH) residents have excluded short-stay residents (NH stay <100 days). This study of short-stay NH residents in the United States estimates pain prevalence under self-reported and staff-reported assessment in the Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 and estimates whether there are differences by dementia/cognitive status, and racial/ethnic identity.