Association of Pain With Physical Function, Depressive Symptoms, Fatigue, and Sleep Quality Among Veteran and non-Veteran Postmenopausal Women.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose of study

To characterize the prevalence and longitudinal effects of pain in older Veteran and non-Veteran women.

Design and methods

Data on 144,956 participants in the Women's Health Initiative were analyzed. At baseline, Veteran status, pain severity, and pain interference with activity were assessed. Outcomes of physical function, depressive symptoms, fatigue, and sleep quality were reported at baseline by all study participants and longitudinally on two follow-up occasions (3 years and 13-18 years after baseline) in the observational study participants (n = 87,336).

Results

At baseline, a total of 3,687 (2.5%) had a history of military service and 22,813 (15.8%) reported that pain limited their activity level moderately to extremely during the past 4 weeks.

SUBMITTER: Patel KV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5881612 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature