A mixed-methods study on the pharmacological management of pain in Australian and Japanese nursing homes.

"Declaration of Conflicts of Interest: SH belongs to an endowed chair funded by donations from Hakue technology, PROUMED, Japan Bio Products, Towa Pharmaceutical, Yellow Eight and Sugi Holdings. RV was previously a board member and a member of the clinical governance committee of Resthaven Inc. Recently, she received honorarium for participation in workgroups from HealthConsult Pty Ltd in relation to a Commonwealth Funded project. In the past, she has received honoraria, speakers and educational grants in various combinations from Nutricia, Abbott and Nestlé. She is a founding member to a technology start up, HealthyVibes.ai. ER has received royalties for co-authoring a chapter on deprescribing in UpToDate and honorarium from the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (leading workshops on deprescribing). AJC has received grant or consulting funds from the Medical Research Future Fund and the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia. All these funds were paid to the administering University. AJC is also a national board director for the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia. JSB has received grant or consulting funds from the NHMRC, Medical Research Future Fund, Victorian Government Department of Health and Human Services, Dementia Australia Research Foundation, Yulgilbar Foundation, Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Dementia Centre for Research Collaboration, Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia, GlaxoSmithKline Supported Studies Programme, Amgen, and several aged care provider organisations. All these funds were paid to the administering University. All other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare. Declaration of Sources of Funding: The Frailty in Residential Sector over Time (FIRST) Study and ADJ were funded through project funding to RV from the Healthy Ageing Research Consortium funded by the South Australian Department for Innovation and Skills, Hospital Research Foundation and Resthaven Inc (Australia, part 1). Japanese data collection (Japan, part 1) was supported by the JSPS KAKENHI (grant number 22 K10406). The funding source had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis and interpretation of the data; preparation, review or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication. LAD and SJL were supported by postgraduate research scholarships funded by Monash University. SJL, RV and JSB were supported by the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Frailty and Healthy Ageing. ER was supported by an NHMRC Investigator Grant (APP1195460). All other authors have no finding to declare. SJL was supported by the Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship. JSB was supported by the NHMRC Boosting Dementia Research Leadership Fellowship. AJC was supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Emerging Leadership Fellowship."

"Declaration of Sources of Funding: The Frailty in Residential Sector over Time (FIRST) Study and ADJ were funded through project funding to RV from the Healthy Ageing Research Consortium funded by the South Australian Department for Innovation and Skills, Hospital Research Foundation and Resthaven Inc (Australia, part 1). Japanese data collection (Japan, part 1) was supported by the JSPS KAKENHI (grant number 22 K10406). The funding source had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis and interpretation of the data; preparation, review or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication. LAD and SJL were supported by postgraduate research scholarships funded by Monash University. SJL, RV and JSB were supported by the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Frailty and Healthy Ageing. ER was supported by an NHMRC Investigator Grant (APP1195460). All other authors have no finding to declare. SJL was supported by the Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship. JSB was supported by the NHMRC Boosting Dementia Research Leadership Fellowship. AJC was supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Emerging Leadership Fellowship."