Health Predictors of Pain in Elderly—A Serbian Population-Based Study
Objectives: The aim of our study was to evaluate the association of health factors with the presence and different degrees of pain in elderly above 65 years of life. Methods: The population-based study included 3540 individuals above 65 years of age of life from twofold stratified household sample r...
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| author | Milena Kostadinovic Dejan Nikolic Dragana Cirovic Ljubica Konstantinovic Milica Mitrovic-Jovanovic Natasa Radosavljevic Mirjana Kocic Vesna Bjegovic-Mikanovic Milena Santric Milicevic |
| author_facet | Milena Kostadinovic Dejan Nikolic Dragana Cirovic Ljubica Konstantinovic Milica Mitrovic-Jovanovic Natasa Radosavljevic Mirjana Kocic Vesna Bjegovic-Mikanovic Milena Santric Milicevic |
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| description | Objectives: The aim of our study was to evaluate the association of health factors with the presence and different degrees of pain in elderly above 65 years of life. Methods: The population-based study included 3540 individuals above 65 years of age of life from twofold stratified household sample representative for Serbia, during 2013 (the average age 73.9 ± 6.3 years; average Body Mass Index was 26.7 ± 4.4, females 56.8%, living with partner 55.5%, with primary education 55.3%, with poor wealth index 55.8% and from rural settings 46.2%). As health predictors of pain, we analyzed further health parameters: self-perceived general health, long-lasting health problems, diagnosed pulmonary disease, cardiovascular disease, musculoskeletal disease, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, hypertension and other chronic diseases. Pain domain of SF-36 version 2.0 was used for pain assessment. Results: Significant health predictors of pain were: self-perceived general health (OR 2.28), where bad perception of self-perceived general health in our study had greater risk of pain with higher degree of severity; long-lasting health problems (OR 1.60), where elderly with long-lasting health problems had almost twice the risk of moderate degree of pain, and above twice the risk for severe degree of pain; pulmonary disease (OR 1.38); musculoskeletal disease (OR 2.98) and other chronic diseases (OR 1.71). The presence of musculoskeletal disease increases the risk for pain, even more than double in severe versus mild degrees of pain. Conclusion: Bad self-perceived general health, long-lasting health problems, pulmonary, musculoskeletal diseases, cardiovascular disease and other chronic disease were significant health-related predictors of various degrees of pain in elderly. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-787f51bfe44a47c39b359edce849a12a2022-12-22T02:57:40ZengMDPI AGDiagnostics2075-44182019-04-01924710.3390/diagnostics9020047diagnostics9020047Health Predictors of Pain in Elderly—A Serbian Population-Based StudyMilena Kostadinovic0Dejan Nikolic1Dragana Cirovic2Ljubica Konstantinovic3Milica Mitrovic-Jovanovic4Natasa Radosavljevic5Mirjana Kocic6Vesna Bjegovic-Mikanovic7Milena Santric Milicevic8Clinical Center of Serbia, 11000 Belgrade, SerbiaFaculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, SerbiaFaculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, SerbiaFaculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, SerbiaDepartment of Radiology, Clinical Center of Serbia, 11000 Belgrade, SerbiaFaculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, SerbiaFaculty of Medicine, University of Nis, 18000 Nis, SerbiaInstitute of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, SerbiaInstitute of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, SerbiaObjectives: The aim of our study was to evaluate the association of health factors with the presence and different degrees of pain in elderly above 65 years of life. Methods: The population-based study included 3540 individuals above 65 years of age of life from twofold stratified household sample representative for Serbia, during 2013 (the average age 73.9 ± 6.3 years; average Body Mass Index was 26.7 ± 4.4, females 56.8%, living with partner 55.5%, with primary education 55.3%, with poor wealth index 55.8% and from rural settings 46.2%). As health predictors of pain, we analyzed further health parameters: self-perceived general health, long-lasting health problems, diagnosed pulmonary disease, cardiovascular disease, musculoskeletal disease, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, hypertension and other chronic diseases. Pain domain of SF-36 version 2.0 was used for pain assessment. Results: Significant health predictors of pain were: self-perceived general health (OR 2.28), where bad perception of self-perceived general health in our study had greater risk of pain with higher degree of severity; long-lasting health problems (OR 1.60), where elderly with long-lasting health problems had almost twice the risk of moderate degree of pain, and above twice the risk for severe degree of pain; pulmonary disease (OR 1.38); musculoskeletal disease (OR 2.98) and other chronic diseases (OR 1.71). The presence of musculoskeletal disease increases the risk for pain, even more than double in severe versus mild degrees of pain. Conclusion: Bad self-perceived general health, long-lasting health problems, pulmonary, musculoskeletal diseases, cardiovascular disease and other chronic disease were significant health-related predictors of various degrees of pain in elderly.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/9/2/47healthdiseasepainelderly |
| spellingShingle | Milena Kostadinovic Dejan Nikolic Dragana Cirovic Ljubica Konstantinovic Milica Mitrovic-Jovanovic Natasa Radosavljevic Mirjana Kocic Vesna Bjegovic-Mikanovic Milena Santric Milicevic Health Predictors of Pain in Elderly—A Serbian Population-Based Study Diagnostics health disease pain elderly |
| title | Health Predictors of Pain in Elderly—A Serbian Population-Based Study |
| title_full | Health Predictors of Pain in Elderly—A Serbian Population-Based Study |
| title_fullStr | Health Predictors of Pain in Elderly—A Serbian Population-Based Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Health Predictors of Pain in Elderly—A Serbian Population-Based Study |
| title_short | Health Predictors of Pain in Elderly—A Serbian Population-Based Study |
| title_sort | health predictors of pain in elderly a serbian population based study |
| topic | health disease pain elderly |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/9/2/47 |
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