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Sociodemographic and health factors associated with chronic pain in institutionalized elderly

OBJECTIVES: to characterize chronic pain in institutionalized elderly and verify the associated factors. METHOD: observational, cross-sectional and non-experimental study with a quantitative approach. The study participants were 124 elderly living in Long-Term Care Institutions for the Elderly (LTCI...

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Autores principales: Barbosa, Maria Helena, Bolina, Alison Fernandes, Tavares, Jordânia Lumênia, Cordeiro, Aldenora Laísa Paiva de Carvalho, Luiz, Raíssa Bianca, de Oliveira, Karoline Faria
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Publicado: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto / Universidade de São Paulo 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4309237/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25591097
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.3552.2510
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author Barbosa, Maria Helena
Bolina, Alison Fernandes
Tavares, Jordânia Lumênia
Cordeiro, Aldenora Laísa Paiva de Carvalho
Luiz, Raíssa Bianca
de Oliveira, Karoline Faria
author_facet Barbosa, Maria Helena
Bolina, Alison Fernandes
Tavares, Jordânia Lumênia
Cordeiro, Aldenora Laísa Paiva de Carvalho
Luiz, Raíssa Bianca
de Oliveira, Karoline Faria
author_sort Barbosa, Maria Helena
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description OBJECTIVES: to characterize chronic pain in institutionalized elderly and verify the associated factors. METHOD: observational, cross-sectional and non-experimental study with a quantitative approach. The study participants were 124 elderly living in Long-Term Care Institutions for the Elderly (LTCIs) in a city in Minas Gerais (Brazil). Approval for the project was obtained from the Research Ethics Committee. The elderly's clinical and sociodemographic variables and pain-related aspects were assessed. The data were analyzed through descriptive statistics and bivariate analysis (chi-squared). RESULTS: the prevalence of chronic pain corresponded to 58.1%; for more than 10 years (26.4%); in lower limbs (31.9%); characterized as "twinges" (33.3%); 33.3% adopted medication treatment; the pain did not improve (41.7 %); or worsen (34.7 %). It was evidenced that elderly aged 60├ 70 old had 70% less chances of chronic pain than those aged 80 years and older (p=0.018). CONCLUSION: institutionalized elderly have a high prevalence of chronic pain, mainly in the lower limbs. No factors of pain improvement or worsening were identified and medication was evidenced as the preferred treatment. Age showed to be associated with the presence of pain. It is considered important to accomplish multiprofessional actions at the LTCIs to guide prevention and rehabilitation actions of the pain episodes in these elderly.
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spelling pubmed-43092372015-01-30 Sociodemographic and health factors associated with chronic pain in institutionalized elderly Barbosa, Maria Helena Bolina, Alison Fernandes Tavares, Jordânia Lumênia Cordeiro, Aldenora Laísa Paiva de Carvalho Luiz, Raíssa Bianca de Oliveira, Karoline Faria Rev Lat Am Enfermagem Original Articles OBJECTIVES: to characterize chronic pain in institutionalized elderly and verify the associated factors. METHOD: observational, cross-sectional and non-experimental study with a quantitative approach. The study participants were 124 elderly living in Long-Term Care Institutions for the Elderly (LTCIs) in a city in Minas Gerais (Brazil). Approval for the project was obtained from the Research Ethics Committee. The elderly's clinical and sociodemographic variables and pain-related aspects were assessed. The data were analyzed through descriptive statistics and bivariate analysis (chi-squared). RESULTS: the prevalence of chronic pain corresponded to 58.1%; for more than 10 years (26.4%); in lower limbs (31.9%); characterized as "twinges" (33.3%); 33.3% adopted medication treatment; the pain did not improve (41.7 %); or worsen (34.7 %). It was evidenced that elderly aged 60├ 70 old had 70% less chances of chronic pain than those aged 80 years and older (p=0.018). CONCLUSION: institutionalized elderly have a high prevalence of chronic pain, mainly in the lower limbs. No factors of pain improvement or worsening were identified and medication was evidenced as the preferred treatment. Age showed to be associated with the presence of pain. It is considered important to accomplish multiprofessional actions at the LTCIs to guide prevention and rehabilitation actions of the pain episodes in these elderly. Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto / Universidade de São Paulo 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4309237/ /pubmed/25591097 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.3552.2510 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Barbosa, Maria Helena
Bolina, Alison Fernandes
Tavares, Jordânia Lumênia
Cordeiro, Aldenora Laísa Paiva de Carvalho
Luiz, Raíssa Bianca
de Oliveira, Karoline Faria
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title_full Sociodemographic and health factors associated with chronic pain in institutionalized elderly
title_fullStr Sociodemographic and health factors associated with chronic pain in institutionalized elderly
title_full_unstemmed Sociodemographic and health factors associated with chronic pain in institutionalized elderly
title_short Sociodemographic and health factors associated with chronic pain in institutionalized elderly
title_sort sociodemographic and health factors associated with chronic pain in institutionalized elderly
topic Original Articles
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4309237/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25591097
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.3552.2510
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