Pao-Feng Tsai, PhD, RN
Phone: (501) 296-1999  Fax: (501) 296-1765  Email: TsaiPaofeng@uams.edu

• Chronically-ill elderly and their families
• Caregiver and stress
• Pain in the elderly

• 2001 - Summer Hartford Institute Geriatric Nursing Research Scholar, Hartford Institute Scholars & Fellows Program, New York University
• 2001 - Hartford Scholar, Hartford Geriatric Center for Nursing Excellent, University of Arkansas for Medical Science
• 2000 - Technical Assistance Workshop, National Institute on Aging
   

• Pain Assessment in Elders with Osteoarthritis: A Pilot Study. College of Nursing Intramural Grant Program. September 1, 2001 - September 1, 2002 
  
• Health Care Professionals' Perception of Pain in Elders with Osteoarthritis of the Low Extremities. College of Nursing Intramural Grant Program. September 1, 2001 - September 1, 2002.
• Exercise and Celecoxib for Pain and Sleep in Nursing Home Residents with Osteoarthritis of the Knee. UAMS, College of Nursing Intramural Grant Program. May 30, 2000-June 1, 2001
• Using the Western Ontario and MacMaster (WOMAC) OA Index Pain Scale in Cognitively Impaired Elders with Chronic Knee Pain. Dementia Pilot Study Grant Program, Donald W. Reynolds Center on Aging. December 01, 2000-December 01, 2001.

• Richards, K. C., Crumpton, W., & Tsai, P. (in press). Dementia. In V. Carrieri-Kohlman, A. H. Lindsey. C. M. West (Eds). Pathyophysiological Phenomena in Nursing, Human Responses to Illness (3rd edition).
• Horgas, A., & Tsai, P. (1998).  Analgesic drug prescription and use in cognitively impaired nursing home residents.  Nursing Research, 47(4), 235-242.