ArticleThe journal of nutrition, health & aging2020
Pain Management in Nursing Home Residents: Results from the INCUR Study.
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- The association between sleep, pain and intrinsic capacity: A role for inflammation?The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2025Article
- Prevalence of Opioid Use in Nursing Homes Over the Last Decade: A Systematic Literature Review.The Journal of pharmacy technology : jPT : official publication of the Association of Pharmacy Technicians · 2024Article
- Correlation between Biomarkers of Pain in Saliva and PAINAD Scale in Elderly People with Cognitive Impairment and Inability to Communicate.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesPain is very common among older persons living in nursing home, affecting 45% to 80% of residents, interfering with daily activities and quality of life. Aims of the study are: 1) to measure the analgesics non-prescription in nursing home residents who present pain symptoms; 2) to identify the main determinants of analgesics non-prescription.
designRetrospective cross-sectional analysis.
settingData from an observational study ('Incidence of pNeumonia and related ConseqUences in nursing home Residents' [INCUR] study).
participants800 older persons living in 13 French nursing homes. Measurments: Pain symptoms were definied by one of the following criteria: i) Presence of pain affecting the individual's function in the Activities of Daily Living; ii) Presence of daily pain, and/or; iii) Severe pain measured with a visual analogue scale.
resultsAmong the patients originally included in the study, 288 (36%) reported pain symptomatology (mean age 86.9 [SD 7.2] years, 220 (76%) participants women). Amongst these, 138 (47.9%) were treated with non-opioid analgesic drugs, 52 (18.1%) with opioids, and 98 (34%) did not receive any analgesic prescription. An adjusted logistic regression analysis found that the strongest determinant of analgesics non-prescription was the number of concomitantly prescribed drugs (p<0.001). Age, education, and frailty were not associated with prescription of analgesic drugs.
conclusionsPain undertreatment is very common among older persons living in nursing homes. The number of prescribed medications represents the most relevant risk factor for the analgesics non-prescription. Our findings document the importance of reviewing prescriptions in nursing home residents.
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