ArticleDrugs & aging2015
Neuropathic Pain Among Community-Dwelling Older People: A Clinical Study in Finland.
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- A network analysis of changing pain cooccurrence in older adults findings from the second wave of the COPERNICUS study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The silent epidemic of chronic pain in older adults.Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry · 2019Review
- Antiepileptic Drug Use Is Associated with an Increased Risk of Pneumonia Among Community-Dwelling Persons with Alzheimer's Disease-Matched Cohort Study.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2019Article
- A one-year follow-up study of chronic pain in community-dwelling older adults with and without neuropathic pain.BMC geriatrics · 2017Article
- The prevalence of probable neuropathic pain in the US: results from a multimodal general-population health survey.Journal of pain research · 2017Article
- Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy assessment of metabolite status of the anterior cingulate cortex in chronic pain patients and healthy controls.Journal of pain research · 2017Article
- Chronic pain among community-dwelling elderly: a population-based clinical study.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundNeuropathic pain is more common among older people than in the general population, and the efficacy of medical treatment often remains unsatisfactory.
objectiveThe aim of this study was to assess the presence, diagnostic certainty, etiology and treatment of neuropathic pain in community-dwelling older people with chronic pain.
methodsIndependently living older people aged 75, 80 and 85 years subject to communal preventive home visits with chronic pain were invited to a clinical pain examination by a geriatrician.
resultsOverall, 106 patients consented to participate in the clinical study. Neuropathic pain was diagnosed in 51 (48%) patients, with 75% of pain states definite and 25% probable neuropathic pain. The most common etiology was degenerative disease of the spinal column causing radiculopathy. At the study visit, 11 patients (22% of neuropathic pain patients) were receiving medication that was demonstrated to be effective against neuropathic pain. The geriatrician recommended a trial of a new medicine for 17 patients, but only six continued the medication going forward.
conclusionsNeuropathic pain was surprisingly common in our cohort. Finding effective pain medication is challenging due to comorbidities, possible side effects, and vulnerability in older age. Other pain management methods should be considered.
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