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Understanding pain among older persons
— Part 1 - the development of novel pain profiles and their association with disability and quality of life | | Author(s) | Kieran O'Sullivan, Norelee Kennedy, Helen Purtill, Ailish Hannigan |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 46, no 1, January 2017 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, January 2017 |
| Pages | pp 46-51 |
| Source | https://academic.oup.com/ageing |
| Keywords | Pain ; Ageing process ; Physical disabilities ; Quality of life ; Evaluation ; Ireland. |
| Annotation | While a range of variables are related to the impact of pain, most population studies of older people have simply examined the presence or intensity of pain. The objective of this study was to develop novel pain profiles based on a range of pain variables, and compare demographic and health variables across profiles. Baseline data from The Irish LongituDinal study on Ageing (TILDA), a population-representative cohort study involving 8,171 community living people resident in Ireland aged 50 or over, was used. Two-step cluster analysis was performed on those who reported being often troubled by pain using all self-reported pain variables. Nine demographic and health variables were compared across pain profiles and the no-pain profile. Of the cohort, 65% reported not often being troubled by pain. Of those troubled by pain, four profiles emerged ranging from the profile whose pain did not have impact on daily activities (12% of cohort) to the profile with everyone taking medication to control the pain (9% of cohort). All demographic and health variables differed significantly across the profiles, with pain profiles reporting significantly greater disability and poorer quality of life than the no-pain profile. In all, four pain profiles, based on a range of pain variables, as well as a no-pain profile were identifiable in a large sample of older adults. Identifying those (i) with multi-site pain, (ii) who take pain medications and/or (iii) whose pain affects daily activities, clearly identifies those with the highest levels of disability and poorest quality of life. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170310202 A |
| Classmark | CT7: BG: BN: F:59: 4C: 763 |
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