Sex Differences in Coping Strategies Based on Chronic Pain Intensity Among Older Adults

2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (10) ◽  
pp. 30-36
Author(s):  
Joyce Rutyelle da Serra ◽  
Layz Alves Ferreira Souza ◽  
Maressa Gonçalves da Paz ◽  
Bruna da Silva Ferreira Tatagiba ◽  
Lilian Varanda Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Sex Differences ◽  
Pain Intensity ◽  
Coping Strategies

scholarly journals A physical activity program versus usual care in the management of quality of life for pre-frail older adults with chronic pain in primary care: randomized controlled trial.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro Otones ◽  
Eva García ◽  
Teresa Sanz ◽  
Azucena Pedraz
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Usual Care ◽  
Pain Intensity ◽  
Physical Performance ◽  
Frail Older Adults

Abstract Background Exercise have shown being effective for managing chronic pain and preventing frailty status in older adults but the effect of an exercise program in the quality of life of pre-frail older adults with chronic pain remains unclear. Our objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of multicomponent structured physical exercise program for pre-frail adults aged 65 years or more with chronic pain to improve their perceived health related quality of life, compared with usual care. Methods Open label randomized controlled trial. Participants were community-dwelling pre-frail older adults aged 65 years or older with chronic pain and non-dependent for basic activities of daily living attending a Primary Healthcare Centre. Forty-four participants were randomly allocated to a control group (n = 20) that received usual care or an intervention group (n = 24) that received an 8-week physical activity and education program. Frailty status (SHARE Frailty Index), quality of life (EuroQol-5D-5L), pain intensity (Visual Analogue Scale), physical performance (Short Physical Performance Battery) and depression (Yessavage) were assessed at baseline, after the intervention and after 3 months follow-up. The effect of the intervention was analysed by mean differences between the intervention and control groups. Results The follow-up period (3 months) was completed by 32 patients (73%), 17 in the control group and 15 in the intervention group. Most participants were women (78.1%) with a mean age (standard deviation) of 77.2 (5.9) years and a mean pain intensity of 48.1 (24.4) mm. No relevant differences were found between groups at baseline. After the intervention, mean differences in the EuroQol Index Value between control and intervention groups were significant (-0.19 95%CI(-0.33- -0.04)) and remained after three months follow-up (-0.21 95%CI(-0.37- -0.05)). Participants in the exercise group showed better results in pain intensity and frailty after the intervention, and an improvement in physical performance after the intervention and after three months. Conclusions An eight-week physical activity and education program for pre-frail older adults with chronic pain, compared with usual care, could be effective to improve quality of life after the intervention and after three-months follow-up. Study registration details: This study was retrospectively registered in ClinicalTrials.gov with the identifier NCT04045535.

scholarly journals Factors associated with quality of life of older adults with chronic pain

2021 ◽  
Vol 74 (suppl 2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maressa Gonçalves da Paz ◽  
Layz Alves Ferreira de Souza ◽  
Bruna da Silva Ferreira Tatagiba ◽  
Joyce Rutyelle da Serra ◽  
Louise Amália de Moura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Pain Intensity ◽  
Death And Dying ◽  
World Health ◽  
World Health Organization Quality ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Lower Limb Pain

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the factors associated with quality of life of the older adults with chronic pain. Method: Cross-sectional study conducted with 239 older adults in outpatient care in the state of Goiás, Brazil. The World Health Organization Quality of Life–Old (WHOQOL-OLD) instrument contains six domains and was applied to assess quality of life. Simple and multiple linear regressions were used in the statistical analysis. Results: The factors associated with Sensory Abilities were age (β = - 0.52), time spent together (β = - 14.35; - 17.86; - 15.57), and pain intensity (β = - 1, 70). Autonomy was associated with depression (β = - 5.99) and chest pain (β = - 6.17). Social participation related to schooling (β = - 0.64), diabetes mellitus (β = - 8.15), depression (β = - 14.53), pain intensity (β = - 1.43), and lower limb pain (β = - 5.94). Past, present and future activities related to depression (β = - 6.94). Death and dying related to hypertension (β = - 8.40), while Intimacy to depression (β = - 5.99) and headache/face pain (β = - 3.19). Conclusion: The time experiencing chronic pain and the location of this experience, as well as depression, diabetes and systemic arterial hypertension were factors that had greater influence on the older adult’s Quality of Life domains.

scholarly journals A physical activity program versus usual care in the management of quality of life for pre-frail older adults with chronic pain: randomized controlled trial

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro Otones ◽  
Eva García ◽  
Teresa Sanz ◽  
Azucena Pedraz
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Usual Care ◽  
Pain Intensity ◽  
Physical Performance ◽  
Frail Older Adults

Abstract Background Exercise has shown being effective for managing chronic pain and preventing frailty status in older adults but the effect of an exercise program in the quality of life of pre-frail older adults with chronic pain remains unclear. Our objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of multicomponent structured physical exercise program for pre-frail adults aged 65 years or more with chronic pain to improve their perceived health related quality of life, compared with usual care. Methods Open label randomized controlled trial. Participants were community-dwelling pre-frail older adults aged 65 years or older with chronic pain and non-dependent for basic activities of daily living attending a Primary Healthcare Centre. Forty-four participants were randomly allocated to a control group (n = 20) that received usual care or an intervention group (n = 24) that received an 8-week physical activity and education program. Frailty status (SHARE Frailty Index), quality of life (EuroQol-5D-5L), pain intensity (Visual Analogue Scale), physical performance (Short Physical Performance Battery) and depression (Yessavage) were assessed at baseline, after the intervention and after 3 months follow-up. The effect of the intervention was analysed by mean differences between the intervention and control groups. Results The follow-up period (3 months) was completed by 32 patients (73%), 17 in the control group and 15 in the intervention group. Most participants were women (78.1%) with a mean age (standard deviation) of 77.2 (5.9) years and a mean pain intensity of 48.1 (24.4) mm. No relevant differences were found between groups at baseline. After the intervention, mean differences in the EuroQol Index Value between control and intervention groups were significant (− 0.19 95% CI(− 0.33- -0.04)) and remained after 3 months follow-up (− 0.21 95% CI(− 0.37- -0.05)). Participants in the exercise group showed better results in pain intensity and frailty after the intervention, and an improvement in physical performance after the intervention and after 3 months. Conclusions An eight-week physical activity and education program for pre-frail older adults with chronic pain, compared with usual care, could be effective to improve quality of life after the intervention and after three-months follow-up. Study registration details This study was retrospectively registered in ClinicalTrials.gov with the identifier NCT04045535.

The Relationship Between the Pain Experience and Emotion Regulation in Older Adults

Pain Medicine ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (12) ◽  
pp. 3366-3376
Author(s):  
Omeed Ghandehari ◽  
Natasha L Gallant ◽  
Thomas Hadjistavropoulos ◽  
Jaime Williams ◽  
David A Clark
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Pain Intensity ◽  
Pain Catastrophizing ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Fear Of Pain ◽  
Emotional Suppression ◽  
Younger Adults ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Objective To investigate the relationship of emotion regulation strategies (i.e., emotional suppression and reappraisal) with pain catastrophizing, fear of pain, pain intensity, worry, and depression as function of age in samples of older and younger adults. Design Cross-sectional design using validated questionnaires. Setting Participants resided in the community. They completed validated measures using online questionnaires. Subjects Two-hundred fifty-seven older adults and 254 younger adults with chronic pain participated. Methods Participants completed validated questionnaires of emotion regulation strategies, pain-related functioning and mental health. Results Emotion regulation varied as a function of age and gender. Among our chronic pain sample, older adult males reported lower use of reappraisal and suppression than younger adult males, while older adult females reported higher use of reappraisal than younger adult females. Emotional suppression was positively related to pain catastrophizing, pain intensity, worry, and depression. Reappraisal was negatively related to depression and worry. Interestingly, age showed a positive relationship with fear of pain, pain catastrophizing, worry, depression, and pain intensity, while gender was related to fear of pain and worry. Finally, emotional reappraisal partially mediated the relationship between the affective dimensions of pain intensity and pain catastrophizing among older adults. Conclusions Our results indicate that reappraisal strategies are important for older and younger adults with chronic pain, pointing to the necessity of considering these strategies when working clinically with such populations. However, given our findings as well as those in the literature, gender should also be considered.

Chronic pain is associated with increased health care use among community-dwelling older adults in Brazil: the Pain in the Elderly (PAINEL) Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 594-599 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliana L Torres ◽  
Silvia L A da Silva ◽  
Fabiane R Ferreira ◽  
Liliane P S Mendes ◽  
Luciana A Machado
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Pain Intensity ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Health Care Use ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Doctor Visits

Abstract Background Chronic pain is known to increase health care use in high-income countries, but in Brazil, little is known. Objective To investigate the association between chronic pain and health care use among Brazilian older adults and explore the relationship between pain severity and health care use. Methods This cross-sectional study was derived from the population-based study Frailty in Brazilian Older People-FIBRA. Chronic pain, pain intensity and pain-related disability were assessed through additional telephone interviews. Health care use was measured by the number of doctor visits, hospitalization events and high health care use (highest quartile of the distribution for number of doctor visits) in the last 12 months. Associations were tested in regression analyses adjusted for predisposing, enabling and illness-level components from the Andersen Model. Results The 383 participants were predominantly female (71.0%), mean age was 75.6 (6.1 SD). The prevalence of chronic pain was 30.0%. Chronic pain was associated with number of doctor visits [unstandardized B coefficient 1.48; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.35–2.62] and high health care use [odds ratios (OR) = 2.27; 95% CI = 1.39–3.72]. Pain intensity was associated with high health care use in univariate (OR = 1.13; 95% CI = 1.06–1.20) but not multivariate analysis (OR = 1.12; 95% CI = 0.94–1.33). Pain-related disability was not associated with any outcome. Conclusion Chronic pain increased health care use among Brazilian older adults. Improving the quality of primary care management of individuals at greater risk of chronic pain should be a cornerstone of health policies directed towards reducing the personal and societal burden of ageing.

Use of the Chronic Pain Coping Inventory to Assess Older Adults’ Pain Coping Strategies

2006 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 833-842 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Ersek ◽  
Judith A. Turner ◽  
Carol A. Kemp
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Pain Coping

Whiplash Associated Disorders (WAD): Responses to pharmacological challenges and psychometric tests

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 151-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mats Persson ◽  
Jan Sörensen ◽  
Björn Gerdle
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Pain Intensity ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Positive Response ◽  
Univariate Analysis ◽  
Psychometric Tests ◽  
Pain Mechanisms ◽  
Psychometric Instruments ◽  
Whiplash Associated Disorders

AbstractObjectivesThe present study challenges chronic Whiplash Associated Disorders (WAD)-subjects to a pharmacological intravenous (i.v.) test with morphine, ketamine, and active placebo (midazolam). The aim was to describe the short-term responses to drugs and the assumed heterogeneity in the patterns of responses. We related the different responder groups to the results from psychometric tests.MethodsThe study includes 95 patients, all with chronic WAD and referred to our departments. They answered a questionnaire including the following psychometric instruments relevant for chronic pain: Beck Depression Inventory, Coping Strategies Questionnaire, Multidimensional Pain Inventory, Life Satisfaction Checklist, SF36 and EuroQol. The subjects also went through sessions with separate infusions of morphine (0.3 mg/kg), ketamine (0.3 mg/kg) and midazolam (0.05 mg/kg). Infusion time was 30 min followed by a 2-h post-infusion assessment. Assessments were made using a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) for pain intensity and unpleasantness and by statements of per cent pain relieved. A categorical pain rating scale was also used. A positive response was defined as ≥50% decrease of the VAS-level on two consecutive assessment points during the test sessions, anything less was a non response. The placebo responders were defined as those with a positive response to the active placebo infusion.ResultsThe tests were completed by 94 subjects and 26% of these were placebo responders. Among the placebo non responders, 47% responded to morphine, 41% to ketamine, 25% to both drugs and 37% to neither morphine nor ketamine (pain intensity assessments). Similar proportions were found in the assessments of pain unpleasantness and per cent pain relieved. Approximately one in four subjects (27%, pain intensity assessment) did not respond to any of the drugs tested. This relatively high proportion of non responders seemed to be worst cases in some aspects of the psychometric tests. Generally, this non responder group had a trend to score worse for most items in the psychometric tests with some reaching significance in a univariate analysis. This result was confirmed in a multivariate context, although the results indicated only small differences between the groups. All three substances showed significant pain relief compared to baseline on all assessment points. On most variables, morphine and ketamine were significantly more effective compared to the active placebo.ConclusionsThere are different subgroups among subjects with chronic WAD with variations in responses to i.v. morphine, ketamine, and midazolam (active placebo). Subjects with chronic WAD who did not respond to any of the drugs tested scored badly in some aspects of the psychometric instruments.ImplicationsThe present study confirms one aspect of the heterogeneity in the population with chronic WAD. The study does not elucidate precise pain mechanisms but taken together with other studies exploring other aspects, it stresses the importance of individualizing the assessment and treatment of subjects with chronic WAD. A common clinical experience is that depression, anxiety and maladaptive coping strategies often are obstacles for successful medical treatment of chronic pain. The present study supports this experience and emphasizes the need for assessment of psychometric variables when planning the treatment of chronic WAD.

Developing a Short Multidimensional Measure of Pain Self-efficacy: The Chronic Pain Self-efficacy Scale-Short Form

2019 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. e127-e136
Author(s):  
Sheung-Tak Cheng ◽  
Phoon Ping Chen ◽  
Yu Fat Chow ◽  
Joanne W Y Chung ◽  
Alexander C B Law ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Pain Intensity ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Chinese Older Adults ◽  
Full Version ◽  
Pain Disability

Abstract Background and Objectives The 22-item Chronic Pain Self-efficacy Scale (CPSS) measures three domains of pain self-efficacy: pain management, physical functioning, and coping with symptoms. This study aims to develop a short form (CPSS-SF) that retains the multidimensional structure of the instrument. Research Design and Methods Six hundred sixty-four community-dwelling Chinese older adults aged 60–95 years with chronic pain completed a survey. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted on the 22-item CPSS. Regression analyses were performed to examine the items’ correlations with criterion variables. After CPSS-SF items were selected, the performance of CPSS-SF subscales in terms of accounting for pain-related outcomes was compared with the full version. Results CFA supported a modified 3-factor model of the CPSS. On the basis of factor loadings on the 3 dimensions and the items’ correlations with pain intensity and pain disability, 11 items were selected for the CPSS-SF, which correlated at .97 with the full version. Regression analyses showed that the associations of the CPSS-SF subscales with pain intensity, pain disability, depressive symptoms, instrumental activities of daily living, and physical and mental health-related quality of life, were indistinguishable from their full-version counterparts. Discussion and Implications The CPSS-SF is a valid instrument that can be used in lieu of the full scale. Its availability will facilitate the assessment of pain self-efficacy in research and clinical settings due to its brevity but strong psychometric properties. However, the current evidence is limited to Chinese older adults; more research is needed to ascertain its validity in other age and cultural groups.

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