Chronic pain and mortality risk among middle-age and older Japanese: the Shika town cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The relationship between chronic pain (CP) and mortality among the Japanese elderly population remains unclear due to limited literature.

Objectives

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between CP and mortality, stratified by age and sex, using longitudinal cohort data from the Shika Study.

Methods

This was a longitudinal study with 2849 participants aged ≥40 years (44.75% males and 55.25% females). Chronic pain, age, sex, tobacco smoking, height, and weight and self-reported information on medical conditions such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes mellitus were assessed using a CP questionnaire.

Results

The baseline mean age (years) was 64.00 ± 12.21 for men and 65.44 ± 13.12 for women. Among all participants, the mortality

SUBMITTER: Camara J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12614683 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature