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ReviewEuropean journal of ageing2024

Association between chronic pain and dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Zhenzhi Wang, Zhen Sun, Hui Zheng

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Review in European journal of ageing, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 authors.

Zhenzhi Wang *The Acupuncture and Tuina School, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No. 1166 Liutai Avenue, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, 611100, China.
Zhen Sun *State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Hui ZhengThe Acupuncture and Tuina School, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No. 1166 Liutai Avenue, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, 611100, China. zhenghui@cdutcm.edu.cn.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeDementia and chronic pain (CP) are prevalent among older adults. However, no study has systematically reviewed the association between dementia and CP. Therefore, we performed this study to gather evidence about the potential relationship between the two.

methodsTwo authors independently searched PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science to identify all records published up to 1 September 2022 that explored the association between CP and dementia. The methodological quality of the studies was assessed using the Newcastle Ottawa Scale (NOS). A fixed or random-effects model was used to pool the risk estimates.

resultsAmong the initial 3296 articles retrieved, 19 were included in the review (1 cross-sectional, and 18 cohort). The pooled result showed the risk of dementia was 1.42 times higher in CP patients (HR = 1.42, 95% CI 1.23-1.64, P < 0.001). dementia and CP subtypes, gender, and age did not significantly affect the results.

conclusionOur study shows that people who suffered from CP are at an increased risk of developing dementia, regardless of gender, age, and dementia and CP subtypes.

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Chronic painDementiaMeta-analysisSystematic review

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PMID38777965
PMCPMC11111427

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