ArticleAge and ageing2022
Chronic pain and circumstances of falls in community-living older adults: an exploratory study.
Article in Age and ageing, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07287501 (Efficacy of Pain Science Education Combined With Exercise in Older Adults With Chronic Pain), which is not on this map. Cited by 10 papers.
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Efficacy of Pain Science Education Combined With Exercise in Older Adults With Chronic Pain
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy of Pain Neuroscience Education Combined with Exercise in Older Adults with Chronic Pain: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Risk of Diminished Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs) After an Older Adult Fall, Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey, 2015-2020.American journal of lifestyle medicine · 2025Article
- Role of Serum Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor as a Biomarker of Chronic Pain in Older Adults.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2025Observational
- Analysis of the current status and factors influencing post-traumatic stress disorder in elderly patients with knee osteoarthritis: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Flexible and Stable GaN Piezoelectric Sensor for Motion Monitoring and Fall Warning.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Evaluating functional ability in older adults' object retrieval behavior from kitchen furniture using OpenPose and REBA.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Association between multisite musculoskeletal pain and disability trajectories among community-dwelling older adults.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2024Article
- Multisite Pain and Intensity were Associated with History Fall among Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2024Article
- Investigation of factors influencing low physical activity levels in community-dwelling older adults with chronic pain: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Association of Pain Phenotypes with Risk of Falls and Incident Fractures.Biomedicines · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundChronic pain is a risk factor contributing to mobility impairment and falls in older adults. Little is known about the patterns of circumstances of falls among older adults with chronicpain.
objectiveTo examine the relationship between chronic pain and circumstances of falls including location, activities at the time of falls and self-reported causes of falls in older adults.
designProspective cohort study.
settingCommunities in/around Boston, Massachusetts. SUBJECTS: The MOBILIZE Boston Study enrolled 765 adults aged ≥70 years.
methodsPain severity, fall occurrence and fall circumstances were recorded using monthly calendar postcards and fall follow-up interviews during a 4-year follow-up period. Generalised estimating equation models were performed to examine the relation between monthly pain ratings and circumstances of the first fall in the subsequent month.
resultsCompared to fallers without chronic pain, fallers with moderate-to-severe pain had around twice the likelihood of reporting indoor falls (aOR = 1.93, 95%CI: 1.32-2.83), falls in living or dining rooms (aOR = 2.06, 95%CI: 1.27-3.36), and falls due to health problems (aOR = 2.08, 95%CI: 1.16-3.74) or feeling dizzy or faint (aOR = 2.10, 95%CI: 1.08-4.11), but they were less likely to report falls while going down stairs (aOR = 0.48, 95%CI: 0.27-0.87) or falls due to a slip or trip (aOR = 0.67, 95%CI: 0.47-0.95) in the subsequent month.
conclusionsGiven the exploratory nature of the study, these findings should be interpreted with caution. Future studies may investigate whether better pain management and tailored fall prevention in older people with chronic pain could lead to fewer falls.
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