The epidemiology of pain in elderly people.
Clin Geriatr Med
; 17(3): 417-31, v, 2001 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-11459713
Acute pain probably occurs at much the same rate across all age groups. On the other hand, self-report of chronic pain seems to increase up to, but not beyond, the seventh decade of life. Chronic pain in older people is more often experienced in major joints, the back, legs and feet, whereas visceral pain and headache are reported less often. There is a divergence between an increasing load of pain-associated disease and a plateau of chronic pain complaint in old age that probably reflects impairment in the nociceptive function of the nervous system. However, the contribution of social, behavioral, cognitive, and affective dimensions of the pain experience to this divergence between disease and pain have not been fully evaluated. Most of the answers to these and other questions require longitudinal studies with pain as the predominant focus of attention rather than addressing the symptom of pain as an ancillary measure relevant to other aspects of aging.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Dolor
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Clin Geriatr Med
Asunto de la revista:
GERIATRIA
Año:
2001
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Australia
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos