Pain trajectories of nursing home residents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding changes in nursing home (NH) resident pain over time would provide a more informed perspective, allowing opportunities to alter the course of illness, plan care, and set priorities. Therefore, the purpose of this analysis was to identify and characterize clinically meaningful, dynamic pain trajectories in NH residents.

Methods

Retrospective longitudinal analysis of NH resident pain scores with a length of stay >100 days (N = 4864). Group-based trajectory modeling was applied to Minimum Data Set 3.0 assessments to identify pain trajectories. Trajectories were then characterized using unadjusted and adjusted cross-sectional associations between residents' demographic and clinical characteristics and their pain trajectory.

Results

We identified f

SUBMITTER: Cole CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10089959 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature