Prevalência, intensidade de dor crônica e autopercepção de saúde entre idosos: estudo de base populacional

• Autor(a) principal: Pereira, Lilian Varanda
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Vasconcelos, Patrícia Pereira de, Souza, Layz Alves Ferreira, Pereira, Gilberto de Araújo, Nakatani, Adélia Yaeko Kyosen, Bachion, Maria Márcia
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng; por; spa
• Título da fonte: Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/rlae/article/view/86678

OBJECTIVE: to identify the prevalence and intensity of chronic pain among elderly people of the community and to analyze associations with the self-perceived health status. METHOD: cross-sectional study with a populational sample (n=934), conducted through household interviews in the city of Goiânia, Brazil. The intensity of chronic pain (existing for 6 months or more) was measured using a numerical scale (0-10) and the self-perceived health through a verbal scale (very good, good, fair, poor, very poor). For the statistical analysis, the absolute frequency and percentage, CI (95%), Chi-square test, Odds ratio, and regression analysis were used. Significance of 5%. RESULTS: The prevalence of chronic pain was 52.8% [CI (95%):49.4-56.1]; most frequently located in the lower limbs (34.5%) and lumbar region (29.5%); with high or the worst possible intensity for 54.6% of the elderly people. The occurrence of chronic pain was associated with (p