ArticleJournal of pain research2018
Prevalence of pain-related diagnoses in patients with dementia: a nationwide study.
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- Systematic review of prevalence of pain among people with dementia living in the community.BMC neurology · 2026Pooled it
- Is headache a risk factor for dementia? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2024Pooled it
- Nonpharmacological approaches for pain and symptoms of depression in people with osteoarthritis: systematic review and meta-analyses.Scientific reports · 2023Pooled it
- Pain-Reducing Effects of Physical Therapist-Delivered Interventions: A Systematic Review of Randomized Trials Among Older Adults With Dementia.Journal of geriatric physical therapy (2001)Pooled it
- A Qualitative Study to Characterize the Experiences of Patients and Caregivers With Dementia Diagnostic Disclosure Communication and Care Planning.Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology · 2026Article
- Chronic Back Pain Increases Alzheimer's Disease Risk Independent of Gross Brain Structural Alterations: Genetic Evidence from Two Populations.Journal of pain research · 2026Article
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- Dyadic Comparison of Pain and Stress in Alzheimer's Disease and Caregivers.Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses · 2025Article
- Introduction to Special Issue: Translational Research on Pain and Pain Management in Later Life.Innovation in aging · 2023Article
- A Cross-Sectional Study of Pain Sensitivity and Unpleasantness in People with Vascular Dementia.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2022Article
- Use of antipsychotic drugs and cholinesterase inhibitors and risk of falls and fractures: self-controlled case series.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2021Observational
- Home/community-based interventions to improve function in persons with mild cognitive impairment/early dementia.Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)Review
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Abstract
purposesTo investigate the prevalence of pain-related diagnoses in patients with dementia and evaluate the association of pain-related diagnoses with demographic characteristics and dementia subtypes. PATIENTS AND
methodsIn this population-based retrospective cohort study, participants were recruited from a cohort of 2 million people randomly sampled from the general population in the National Health Insurance Research Database of Taiwan from 2000 to 2013. The index year was defined as the period of 1 year from the date of the first diagnosis of dementia.
resultsThe study group comprised 28,450 patients with the dementia subtypes of vascular dementia, Alzheimer's disease, or other dementia subtypes. The mean age of patients with dementia was 76.75 years. Of all patients with dementia, 49.07% had at least one pain-related diagnosis documented in their outpatient or inpatient claim records within the index year. The top three pain-related diagnoses were osteoarthritis (29.27%), headache (12.53%), and osteoporosis (11.43%). Musculoskeletal diagnosis was more likely in female patients with vascular dementia. Although patients with vascular dementia had a significantly lower prevalence of pain-related diagnosis, they had a significantly higher risk of 1-year mortality than patients with other dementia subtypes.
conclusionDuring the index year, 49.07% of patients with dementia had at least one pain-related diagnosis. To investigate the differences of the use of pain medication in patients with different dementia subtypes and the difference of pain-related diagnosis and treatment in patients with and without dementia, future studies are recommended.
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