Identification of strategies used to cope with chronic pain in older persons receiving primary care from a Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 950-956

  Barry, Lisa C ^a   Kerns, Robert D ^a,b   Guo, Zhenchao ^a   Duong, Bao D ^a   Iannone, Lynne P ^a   Reid, M Carrington ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Psychology Service   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Coping; Disability; Older veterans

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

AGED; ANALGESIA; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIGION; REST; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEPHONE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIND-BODY AND RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SELF CARE;

EID: 2942702130     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52263.x     Document Type: Review

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