Prevalence and impact of pain among older adults in the United States: Findings from the 2011 National Health and Aging Trends Study

Pain

Volumn 154, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2649-2657

  Patel, Kushang V ^a   Guralnik, Jack M ^b   Dansie, Elizabeth J ^a   Turk, Dennis C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Geriatric assessment; Locomotor activity; Pain; Prevalence study

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARM PAIN; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOOT PAIN; GRIP STRENGTH; GROUPS BY AGE; HAND PAIN; HEADACHE; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KNEE PAIN; LEG PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK PAIN; OBESITY; PAIN; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SHOULDER PAIN; STOMACH PAIN; UNITED STATES; WRIST PAIN;

AGING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; LOCOMOTOR ACTIVITY; PAIN; PREVALENCE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING (U.S.); PAIN; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84889052428     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.07.029     Document Type: Article

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