Journal article
Pain and Multimorbidity in Late Life
Current epidemiology reports, Vol.7(1), pp.1-8
03/01/2020
DOI: 10.1007/s40471-020-00225-6
Abstract
Purpose of ReviewTo characterize pain prevalence in older adults, particularly high-impact chronic pain, and examine the presence of multimorbidity and its relationship with and impact on chronic pain.Recent FindingsThis review found that chronic pain is highly prevalent in older adults; however, high-impact pain appears to be less prevalent based on recent studies. In addition, it was found that risk factors for multimorbidity and chronic pain experiences include causal factors (e.g., lifestyle, injury, medications and treatments, and/or surgery) and contributing factors (e.g., biological, psychological, and environmental). The consequences of both multimorbidity and chronic pain experiences include functional impairment, psychological distress, symptom severity and burden, medication use, decreased quality of life, and sleep disturbance.SummaryThis article addressed pain prevalence in older adults and the relationship between pain and multimorbidity. Risk factors and consequences of pain and multimorbidity were identified and recommendations for future research were provided.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Pain and Multimorbidity in Late Life
- Creators
- Lynn Nakad - University of IowaStaja Booker - University of FloridaStephanie Gilbertson-White - University of IowaClarissa Shaw - University of IowaNai-Ching Chi - University of IowaKeela Herr - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Current epidemiology reports, Vol.7(1), pp.1-8
- DOI
- 10.1007/s40471-020-00225-6
- ISSN
- 2196-2995
- eISSN
- 2196-2995
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 8
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/01/2020
- Academic Unit
- Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Nursing; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984362756802771
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