PSYCHOSOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS BY PAIN PRESENCE AND LIMITATIONS AMONG OLDER ADULTS
Ashleigh Holmes, Weijun Wang, Yu-Ping Chang · 2023
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Ashleigh Holmes, Weijun Wang, and Yu-Ping Chang compare the inner lives of older adults grouped by how pain limits them. Pain in later life ties to disability, low mood, shrinking social worlds, and higher care costs, but pain varies so much that group patterns stay hidden. Using a national survey of 3,381 older Americans from 2021, the team split people into three groups: no recent pain, pain without limits, and pain that limits activity. Ten regression models then weighed mood, sleep, and outlook measures.
The limited group stood apart. Against the pain-free group, they showed clearly higher depression, anxiety, and fear of falling. They also struggled more to start and keep sleep and used more sleep medicine. Their positive feelings and sense of self-realization ran lower. The authors argue support should target the limited group first.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ashleigh Holmes, Weijun Wang, Yu-Ping Chang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |