Trial reportPloS one2019
Pain characteristics and incidence of functional disability among community-dwelling older adults.
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- Effectiveness of epidural steroid injections for low back pain in older adults: a systematic review.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2026Pooled it
- Exposure to Ageism Among United States Older Adults With and Without Chronic Pain: Prevalence and Associations With Pain-Related Treatment Factors.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2026Article
- Exploring the relationships between multisite musculoskeletal pain, pain characteristics, and physical function: a cross-sectional analysis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Article
- Two-years clinical course of pain intensity and symptom satisfaction for latent classes in older adults with back pain.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Observational
- Chronic pain and subjective memory problems are dynamic risk factors for functional decline: An ACTIVE longitudinal study.Experimental gerontology · 2025Article
- Associations of Pain Characteristics With Physical Capacity Trajectories Among Older Adults in the United States.The Clinical journal of pain · 2025Article
- rESWT in Shoulder Periarthritis: Does the Protocol Intensity Matter?-A Quasi-Experimental Non-Randomized Comparative Study.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Recommendations on Methods for Assessing Multimorbidity Changes Over Time: Aligning the Method to the Purpose.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2024Review
- Pain: its prevalence and correlates among the oldest old.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2024Article
- The Influence of Physical, Mental, and Cognitive Factors on Health-Related Quality of Life among Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Focus on Central Sensitization-Related Symptoms.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- 'Making every contact count' with patients with musculoskeletal conditions: a qualitative exploration of acceptability to physiotherapists.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Examining the Association of Pain and Pain Frequency With Self-Reported Difficulty in Activities of Daily Living and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Findings From the Longitudinal Aging Study in India.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2023Article
- The Severity of Pain and Comorbidities Significantly Impact the Dependency on Activities of Daily Living among Musculoskeletal Patients in Jizan, Saudi Arabia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Pain-Related Cognitive Processes, Pain Interference, and Alexithymia in Patients With Primary Headaches.Cureus · 2023Article
- Assessing the Predictive Power of Frailty and Life-Space Mobility on Patient-Reported Outcomes of Disability in Older Adults with Low Back Pain.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The role of catastrophizing and basic psychological needs satisfaction on health-related quality of life and pain in patients with lumbar disc herniation.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Body pain and functional disability predict falls in Chinese older adults: a population-based cohort study.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2022Article
- Risk Factors of Long-Term Care Insurance Certification in Japan: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
This study examined the association between pain characteristics and the incidence of functional disability among community-dwelling older adults. This prospective cohort study included 4,365 older adults (mean age 74.7 years, 53.5% female) living in community settings. Pain characteristics, including severity and duration of pain, were assessed in participants who also underwent monthly follow-up assessment of functional disability for 24 months based on the national long-term care insurance system. Among the 4,365 participants, 2,149 (48.7%) reported pain, regardless of severity and duration. Of the 2,149 participants with pain, 950 (44.2%) reported moderate to severe pain and 1,680 (78.2%) reported chronic pain. Based on the univariate analyses, participants with moderate (hazard ratio [95% confidence interval]: 1.48 [1.05-2.09]) or severe (2.84 [1.89-4.27]) pain and chronic pain (1.50 [1.15-1.95]) showed significantly higher risk of disability incidence than did those without pain. After adjusting for covariates, severe pain remained a significant predictor (hazard ratio [95% confidence interval]: 1.66 [1.05-2.62]), but moderate (1.00 [0.69-1.47]) and chronic pain (1.04 [0.77-1.40]) did not. Our results established that moderate to severe pain or chronic pain affects functional disability; in particular, severe pain was independently associated with the incidence of disability. Subjective complaints of pain do not always correspond to physical causes; however, simplified questions regarding pain characteristics could be useful predictors of functional disability in community-dwelling older people.
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