Prevalence and characteristics of chronic Pain in the Chinese community-dwelling elderly: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic pain adversely affects health and daily life in the elderly. Gaining insight into chronic pain that affects the community-dwelling elderly is crucial for pain management in China, which possesses the largest elderly population in the world.

Methods

This is a cross-sectional design study that followed the STROBE Guideline. A randomized cluster sampling method was used to recruit participants in the Sichuan Province from Dec 2018 to May 2019. In addition, face-to-face interviews were conducted to collect socio-demographic data, characteristics and health-seeking behaviors of chronic pain through a self-designed questionnaire.

Results

A total of 1381 older adults participated in this study. Among these participants, 791 (57.3%) had chronic pain. Here,

SUBMITTER: Li X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8499479 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature