Nonmalignant Pain Symptom Subgroups in Nursing Home Residents.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Despite many nursing home residents experiencing pain, research about the multidimensional nature of nonmalignant pain in these residents is scant.

Objectives

To identify and describe pain symptom subgroups and to evaluate whether subgroups differed by sex.

Methods

Using Minimum Data Set 3.0 data (2011-2012), we identified newly admitted nursing home residents reporting pain (n = 119,379). A latent class analysis included 13 indicators: markers for pain (i.e., severity, frequency, impacts sleep, and function) and depressive symptoms. Sex was evaluated as a grouping variable. Multinomial logistic models identified the association between latent class membership and covariates, including age and cognitive impairment.

Results

Four latent subgroups were ide

SUBMITTER: Ulbricht CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6690183 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature