Functional status in community-dwelling elderly people with chronic pain

• Autor(a) principal: Trelha,Celita Salmaso
• Data de Publicação: 2008
• Outros Autores: Panazzolo,Danilo, Dellaroza,Mara Solange Gomes, Cabrera,Marcos Aparecido Sarria, Souza,Raquel de, Pisconti,Fernando, Taho,Yandara Maria
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://ggaging.com/details/338
• topic: Aged, pain, health of the elderly

<p><b>OBJECTIVE:</b> Analyze the interference of the chronic pain in the functional capacity of community-dwelling elderly<br> <b>METHODS:</b> Cross sectional study with 111 noninstitutionalized elders, resident in the area of local Unit of Health in the city of Londrina, PR. The functional capacity was analyzed through the observation of the basic activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL). Chronic pain was identified through the continuous or recurring reference of pain in a most minimum period of 6 months.<br> <b>RESULTS:</b> We were studied 111 elders with median age of 70 years and predominance of women (65,8%). The elderly people referred that the pain presented interference mainly in the sleep, humor and leisure activities. The activities of daily life that presented significant association with the presence of the pain were walking around the house, transferring from bed to chair, transportation, shopping, cooking, house working and managing money.<br> <b>CONCLUSIONS:</b> The chronic pain present negative interference in the functional capacity of elderly, mainly in the instrumental activities of daily living, so can restrict the autonomy or become the elderly disability.</p>