Chronic pain in long-lived elderly: prevalence, characteristics, measurements and correlation with serum vitamin D level
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Resumo: | ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Chronic pain considerably worsens quality of life of the elderly, giving relevance to studies addressing it in such individuals, especially those long-lived. Recently, vitamin D deficiency, very prevalent among the elderly, has been correlated to chronic pain. This study aimed at estimating the prevalence of chronic pain among community long-lived elderly with functional independence, at evaluating its characteristics and at correlating this pain to serum vitamin D levels. METHODS: Cross-sectional study of the “Long-Lived Project”, with elderly aged 80 years or above, of both genders, with functional independence. Socio-demographic data were collected, referred chronic pains were measured and serum vitamin D levels were obtained. RESULTS: We have evaluated 330 participants of the “Long-Lived Project” and pain prevalence was 20.9%, especially nociceptive, continuous, moderate to severe and lumbar pain. Among pain intensity measurement tools, faces and verbal numeric scales were preferred. There has been high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among long-lived elderly with chronic pain (87%); deficiency and insufficiency levels were 49 and 38%, respectively, however such levels were not significantly correlated to chronic pain. CONCLUSION: There has been high prevalence of chronic pain among the elderly. Moderate to severe and low back pain were the most frequent. There has been high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among studied long-lived elderly; however there has been no significant correlation between low serum vitamin D levels and chronic pain. |
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Chronic pain in long-lived elderly: prevalence, characteristics, measurements and correlation with serum vitamin D levelChronic painElderlyMeasurement toolPain evaluationVitamin DABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Chronic pain considerably worsens quality of life of the elderly, giving relevance to studies addressing it in such individuals, especially those long-lived. Recently, vitamin D deficiency, very prevalent among the elderly, has been correlated to chronic pain. This study aimed at estimating the prevalence of chronic pain among community long-lived elderly with functional independence, at evaluating its characteristics and at correlating this pain to serum vitamin D levels. METHODS: Cross-sectional study of the “Long-Lived Project”, with elderly aged 80 years or above, of both genders, with functional independence. Socio-demographic data were collected, referred chronic pains were measured and serum vitamin D levels were obtained. RESULTS: We have evaluated 330 participants of the “Long-Lived Project” and pain prevalence was 20.9%, especially nociceptive, continuous, moderate to severe and lumbar pain. Among pain intensity measurement tools, faces and verbal numeric scales were preferred. There has been high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among long-lived elderly with chronic pain (87%); deficiency and insufficiency levels were 49 and 38%, respectively, however such levels were not significantly correlated to chronic pain. CONCLUSION: There has been high prevalence of chronic pain among the elderly. Moderate to severe and low back pain were the most frequent. There has been high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among studied long-lived elderly; however there has been no significant correlation between low serum vitamin D levels and chronic pain. Sociedade Brasileira para o Estudo da Dor2015-09-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-00132015000300171Revista Dor v.16 n.3 2015reponame:Revista Dorinstname:Sociedade Brasileira para o Estudo da Dor (SBED)instacron:SBED10.5935/1806-0013.20150034info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSantos,Fania CristinaMoraes,Niele Silva dePastore,AdrianaCendoroglo,Maysa Seabraeng2015-11-27T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1806-00132015000300171Revistahttps://www.scielo.br/j/rdor/ONGhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpdor@dor.org.br||dor@dor.org.br2317-63931806-0013opendoar:2015-11-27T00:00Revista Dor - Sociedade Brasileira para o Estudo da Dor (SBED)false |
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Chronic pain in long-lived elderly: prevalence, characteristics, measurements and correlation with serum vitamin D level |
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Chronic pain in long-lived elderly: prevalence, characteristics, measurements and correlation with serum vitamin D level |
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Chronic pain in long-lived elderly: prevalence, characteristics, measurements and correlation with serum vitamin D level Santos,Fania Cristina Chronic pain Elderly Measurement tool Pain evaluation Vitamin D |
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Chronic pain in long-lived elderly: prevalence, characteristics, measurements and correlation with serum vitamin D level |
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Chronic pain in long-lived elderly: prevalence, characteristics, measurements and correlation with serum vitamin D level |
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Chronic pain in long-lived elderly: prevalence, characteristics, measurements and correlation with serum vitamin D level |
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Chronic pain in long-lived elderly: prevalence, characteristics, measurements and correlation with serum vitamin D level |
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Chronic pain in long-lived elderly: prevalence, characteristics, measurements and correlation with serum vitamin D level |
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Santos,Fania Cristina |
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Santos,Fania Cristina Moraes,Niele Silva de Pastore,Adriana Cendoroglo,Maysa Seabra |
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Moraes,Niele Silva de Pastore,Adriana Cendoroglo,Maysa Seabra |
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Santos,Fania Cristina Moraes,Niele Silva de Pastore,Adriana Cendoroglo,Maysa Seabra |
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Chronic pain Elderly Measurement tool Pain evaluation Vitamin D |
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Chronic pain Elderly Measurement tool Pain evaluation Vitamin D |
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ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Chronic pain considerably worsens quality of life of the elderly, giving relevance to studies addressing it in such individuals, especially those long-lived. Recently, vitamin D deficiency, very prevalent among the elderly, has been correlated to chronic pain. This study aimed at estimating the prevalence of chronic pain among community long-lived elderly with functional independence, at evaluating its characteristics and at correlating this pain to serum vitamin D levels. METHODS: Cross-sectional study of the “Long-Lived Project”, with elderly aged 80 years or above, of both genders, with functional independence. Socio-demographic data were collected, referred chronic pains were measured and serum vitamin D levels were obtained. RESULTS: We have evaluated 330 participants of the “Long-Lived Project” and pain prevalence was 20.9%, especially nociceptive, continuous, moderate to severe and lumbar pain. Among pain intensity measurement tools, faces and verbal numeric scales were preferred. There has been high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among long-lived elderly with chronic pain (87%); deficiency and insufficiency levels were 49 and 38%, respectively, however such levels were not significantly correlated to chronic pain. CONCLUSION: There has been high prevalence of chronic pain among the elderly. Moderate to severe and low back pain were the most frequent. There has been high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among studied long-lived elderly; however there has been no significant correlation between low serum vitamin D levels and chronic pain. |
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