Patterns of pain medication usage and self-reported pain in older Irish adults with osteoarthritis: A latent class analysis of data from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed to identify and describe links between pain medication use and self-reported pain among people aged ≥ 50 years with osteoarthritis (OA) in an Irish population, and to examine the relationships between pain, medication usage and socioeconomic and clinical characteristics.

Methods

Secondary data analysis of wave 1 cross-sectional data from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) was undertaken of 1042 people with self-reported doctor-diagnosed OA. We examined use of medications typically included in OA clinical guidelines, including non-opioid analgesics (e.g. paracetamol), topical and oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), opioids and nutraceuticals. Latent Class Analysis (LCA) was used to identify underlying clinical subgroups

SUBMITTER: French HP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11447940 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature