ReviewEuropean geriatric medicine2024
Mapping review of pain management programmes and psychological therapies for community-dwelling older people living with pain.
Review in European geriatric medicine, 2024. 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 6 papers.
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The trial behind it
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Efficacy of Pain Science Education Combined With Exercise in Older Adults With Chronic Pain
Who cites it
6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
- Maximising pain services for frail older adults, the views of healthcare professionals and commissioners: findings from the pain in older people with frailty (POPPY) study.BMC geriatrics · 2025Trial
- 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
- Association between chronic pain and frailty among Chinese adults aged ≥ 60 years: a cross-sectional study.Internal and emergency medicine · 2026Article
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- eHealth-Integrated Psychosocial and Physical Interventions for Chronic Pain in Older Adults: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- Chronic pain in the elderly: Exploring cellular and molecular mechanisms and therapeutic perspectives.Frontiers in aging · 2024Review
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Authors and funding
9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
purposePersistent pain is common in older people and people living with frailty. Pain or the impact of pain on everyday life is potentially modifiable. We sought to map research evidence and information from randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of pain management programmes and psychological therapies targeting community-dwelling older people, and explore appropriate strategies and interventions for managing or reducing the negative impact of pain for older people, particularly those with frailty.
methodA mapping review of pain management programmes and psychological therapies for community-dwelling older people living with chronic pain. We searched for systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials and for individual randomised controlled trials and extracted data from eligible studies.
resultsSearches resulted in 3419 systematic review records and 746 RCT records from which there were 33 eligible interventions identified in 31 eligible RCTs (48 reports). Broad aims of the interventions were to: improve physical, psychological, or social functioning; adjust the effects or sensation of pain psychologically; enhance self-care with self-management skills or knowledge. Common mechanisms of change proposed were self-efficacy enhanced by self-management tasks and skills, using positive psychological skills or refocusing attention to improve responses to pain, and practising physical exercises to improve physiological well-being and reduce restrictions from pain. Content of interventions included: skills training and activity management, education, and physical exercise. Interventions were delivered in person or remotely to individuals or in groups, typically in 1-2 sessions weekly over 5-12 weeks.
conclusionAll the evaluated interventions appeared to show potential to provide some benefits to older people. None of the included studies assessed frailty. However, some of the included interventions appear appropriate for community-dwelling older people living with both frailty and pain.
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