Pain severity and pharmacologic pain management among community-living older adults: the MOBILIZE Boston study
| Autor: | Suzanne G. Leveille, Ampicha Nawai, Guusje van der Leeuw, Robert H. Shmerling, Jonathan F. Bean |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Aging medicine.medical_specialty Analgesic Article Cohort Studies 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Epidemiology medicine Humans Pain Management 030212 general & internal medicine Brief Pain Inventory Acetaminophen Aged Pain Measurement Polypharmacy Aged 80 and over Analgesics business.industry Chronic pain Pain management medicine.disease Analgesics Opioid Pain severity Physical therapy Female Geriatrics and Gerontology Chronic Pain business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Aging clinical and experimental research. 29(6) |
| ISSN: | 1720-8319 |
| Popis: | Concerns about polypharmacy and medication side effects contribute to undertreatment of geriatric pain. This study examines use and effects of pharmacologic treatment for persistent pain in older adults. The MOBILIZE Boston Study included 765 adults aged ≥70 years, living in the Boston area, recruited from 2005 to 2008. We studied 599 participants who reported chronic pain at baseline. Pain severity, measured using the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) severity subscale, was grouped as very mild (BPI |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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