Pain, functional limitations, and aging

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1556-1561

  Covinsky, Kenneth E ^a,b,c,d   Lindquist, Karla ^a,b,c,d   Dunlop, Dorothy D ^e,f   Yelin, Edward ^a,c,g  

^a Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b Division of Geriatrics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Division of Rheumatology   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Disability; Functional limitations; Pain; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 69549133635     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02388.x     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Covinsky KE, Palmer RM, Fortinsky RH et al. Loss of independence in activities of daily living in older adults hospitalized with medical illnesses. Increased vulnerability with age. J Am Geriatr Soc 2003 51 : 451 458.
2. Guralnik JM, Land KC, Blazer D et al. Educational status and active life expectancy among older blacks and whites. N Engl J Med 1993 329 : 110 116.
3. Guralnik JM, LaCroix AZ, Branch LG et al. Morbidity and disability in older persons in the years prior to death. Am J Public Health 1991 81 : 443 447.
4. Guralnik JM, LaCroix AZ, Abbott RD et al. Maintaining mobility in late life. I. Demographic characteristics and chronic conditions. Am J Epidemiol 1993 137 : 845 857.
5. Guralnik JM, Fried LP, Salive ME. Disability as a public health outcome in the aging population. Annu Rev Public Health 1996 17 : 25 46.
6. Fried LP, Guralnik JM. Disability in older adults: Evidence regarding significance, etiology, and risk. J Am Geriatr Soc 1997 45 : 92 100.
7. Fried LP, Tangen CM, Walston J et al. Frailty in older adults: Evidence for a phenotype. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2001 56A : M146 M156.
8. Gill TM, Robison JT, Tinetti ME. Difficulty and dependence: Two components of the disability continuum among community-living older persons. Ann Intern Med 1998 128 : 96 101.
9. Gill TM, Robison JT, Tinetti ME. Predictors of recovery in activities of daily living among disabled older persons living in the community. J Gen Intern Med 1997 12 : 757 762.
10. Mor V, Wilcox V, Rakowski W et al. Functional transitions among the elderly: Patterns, predictors, and related hospital use. Am J Public Health 1994 84 : 1274 1280.
11. Gill TM, Allore H, Holford TR et al. The development of insidious disability in activities of daily living among community-living older persons. Am J Med 2004 117 : 484 491.
12. Fries JF. Measuring and monitoring success in compressing morbidity. Ann Intern Med 2003 139 (5 Pt 2) : 455 459.
13. Edmond SL, Felson DT. Function and back symptoms in older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc 2003 51 : 1702 1709.
14. Ensrud KE, Nevitt MC, Yunis C et al. Correlates of impaired function in older women. J Am Geriatr Soc 1994 42 : 481 489.
15. Leveille SG, Ling S, Hochberg MC et al. Widespread musculoskeletal pain and the progression of disability in older disabled women. Ann Intern Med 2001 135 : 1038 1046.
16. Reid MC, Guo Z, Towle VR et al. Pain-related disability among older male veterans receiving primary care. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2002 57A : M727 M732.
17. Reid MC, Williams CS, Gill TM. Back pain and decline in lower extremity physical function among community-dwelling older persons. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2005 60A : 793 797.
18. Weiner DK, Haggerty CL, Kritchevsky SB et al. How does low back pain impact physical function in independent, well-functioning older adults? Evidence from the Health ABC Cohort and implications for the future. Pain Med 2003 4 : 311 320.
19. AGS Panel on Persistent Pain in Older Persons. The management of persistent pain in older persons. J Am Geriatr Soc 2002 50 (6 Suppl) : S205 S224.
20. Ettinger WH Jr., Fried LP, Harris T et al. Self-reported causes of physical disability in older people: The Cardiovascular Health Study. CHS Collaborative Research Group. J Am Geriatr Soc 1994 42 : 1035 1044.
21. Helme RD, Gibson SJ. The epidemiology of pain in elderly people. Clin Geriatr Med 2001 17 : 417 431.
22. Mantyselka PT, Turunen JH, Ahonen RS et al. Chronic pain and poor self-rated health. JAMA 2003 290 : 2435 2442.
23. Scudds RJ, Ostbye T. Pain and pain-related interference with function in older Canadians: The Canadian Study of Health and Aging. Disabil Rehabil 2001 23 : 654 664.
24. Juster F, Suzman R. An overview of the health and retirement study. J Hum Resour 1995 30 : S7 S56.
25. Wallace RB, Herzog AR, Ofstedal MB et al HRS/AHEAD Documentation Report: Documentation of affective functioning measures in the Health and Retirement Study. Ann Arbor, MI: Survey Research Center; University of Michigan, 2000.
26. Tinetti ME, Inouye SK, Gill TM et al. Shared risk factors for falls, incontinence, and functional dependence. Unifying the approach to geriatric syndromes. JAMA 1995 273 : 1348 1353.
27. Reid MC, Papaleontiou M, Ong A et al. Self-management strategies to reduce pain and improve function among older adults in community settings: A review of the evidence. Pain Med 2008 9 : 409 424.