Social Support and Pain Outcomes After Trauma Exposure Among Older Adults: A Multicenter Longitudinal Study.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:Certain forms of social support have been shown to improve pain-coping behaviors and pain outcomes in older adults with chronic pain, but little is known about the effect of social support on pain outcomes in older adults following trauma exposure. METHODS:We analyzed data from a prospective longitudinal study of adults aged 65 years and older presenting to an emergency department after a motor vehicle collision (MVC) to characterize the relationship between perceived social support and MVC-related pain after trauma overall and by subgroups based on sex, depressive symptoms, and marital status. RESULTS:In our sample (N=176), patients with low perceived social support had higher pain severity 6 weeks after MVC than patients with high perceived social support after adjustment for

SUBMITTER: Richmond NL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5837905 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature