ArticlePain medicine (Malden, Mass.)2017
Physical, Emotional, and Social Impacts of Restricting Back Pain in Older Adults: A Qualitative Study.
Article in Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06793254 (Translation, Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Italian Version of Functional Rating Index in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain), which is not on this map. Cited by 31 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Translation, Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Italian Version of Functional Rating Index in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- The relationship between chronic pain and health-related quality of life: the mediating roles of frailty and depression in chronic disease patients.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Is the relationship between chronic pain and mortality causal? A propensity score analysis.Pain · 2025Article
- Predicting persistent back pain causing severe interference with daily activities among community-dwelling older adults: the OPAL cohort study.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Long-term Trajectories of Low Back Pain in Older Men: A Prospective Cohort Study With 10-Year Analysis of the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2024Article
- Socioeconomic variation in the prevalence of pain by anatomical sites among middle-aged and older adults in India: a cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Acceptability, values, and preferences of older people for chronic low back pain management; a qualitative evidence synthesis.BMC geriatrics · 2024Review
- Using the Socioecological Model to Understand Medical Staff and Older Adult Patients' Experience with Chronic Pain: A Qualitative Study in an Underserved Community Setting.Journal of pain research · 2024Article
- What do older adults want from spine care?Brain & spine · 2024Article
- Construct validity of movement-evoked pain operational definitions in older adults with chronic low back pain.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2023Observational
- Movement-Evoked Pain Versus Widespread Pain: A Longitudinal Comparison in Older Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain From the Delaware Spine Studies.The journal of pain · 2023Article
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Abstract
Objective: Back pain is the most common type of pain reported by older adults, yet current management strategies often do not address the multi-dimensional impacts on older adults who face unique challenges as compared with younger populations. The objective of this qualitative study was to assess the physical, psychological, and social impacts of back pain (severe enough to restrict activity, hereafter referred to as restricting back pain) on older adults. Design: This was a qualitative study using semi-structured interviews and focus groups. Setting and Patients: This study was comprised of a diverse sample of 93 community-living older adults (median age 83) with restricting back pain. Methods: We used a semi-structured guide in 23 interviews and 16 focus groups to discuss the various ways that restricting back pain impacted participants. Transcripts were analyzed in an iterative process to develop thematic categories. Results: Restricting back pain affected participants physically (inability to execute routine tasks, disruption of sleep and exercise), psychologically (feelings of sadness and irritability, fears about worsening health, loss of hope towards recovery or pain relief), and socially (experiences of isolation, inability to pursue hobbies). Conclusions: These data inform which outcomes should be measured in studies evaluating treatments for older adults with restricting back pain.
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