Age and the experience of chronic pain: Differences in health and quality of life among younger, middle-aged, and older adults

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 513-523

  Rustøen, Tone ^a,e   Wahl, Astrid Klopstad ^a   Hanestad, Berit Rokne ^b   Lerdal, Anners ^c,d   Paul, Steven ^e   Miaskowski, Christine ^e  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age differences; Chronic pain; Comorbidities; Elderly; Mood state; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NORWAY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 27344456212     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ajp.0000146217.31780.ef     Document Type: Article

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