Is the Pain killing you? Could Pain interference be a warning signal for midlife mortality?

ABSTRACT: Although prior studies have documented an association between various measures of pain and mortality, none of those studies has evaluated whether the association between pain and mortality varies significantly by age. We suspect that pain-particularly pain that interferes with the ability to lead a normal life-could be an early warning sign that may portend increased risk of physical impairment and mortality later in life. In this paper, we investigated whether pain was associated with increased mortality risk, particularly in midlife. Data came from the Midlife in the US study, which sampled non-institutionalized, English-speaking adults aged 25-74 in the contiguous United States in 1995-96. Our analysis included 4041 respondents who completed a follow-up self-administered questionnaire i

SUBMITTER: Glei DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10523021 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature