Is pain reporting to health care professionals age-related? A cross sectional multicenter study in a hospital setting
Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy, ISSN: 1465-6566, Vol: 14, Issue: 15, Page: 2011-2017
2013
- 3Citations
- 5Captures
Metric Options: CountsSelecting the 1-year or 3-year option will change the metrics count to percentiles, illustrating how an article or review compares to other articles or reviews within the selected time period in the same journal. Selecting the 1-year option compares the metrics against other articles/reviews that were also published in the same calendar year. Selecting the 3-year option compares the metrics against other articles/reviews that were also published in the same calendar year plus the two years prior.
Example: if you select the 1-year option for an article published in 2019 and a metric category shows 90%, that means that the article or review is performing better than 90% of the other articles/reviews published in that journal in 2019. If you select the 3-year option for the same article published in 2019 and the metric category shows 90%, that means that the article or review is performing better than 90% of the other articles/reviews published in that journal in 2019, 2018 and 2017.
Citation Benchmarking is provided by Scopus and SciVal and is different from the metrics context provided by PlumX Metrics.
Example: if you select the 1-year option for an article published in 2019 and a metric category shows 90%, that means that the article or review is performing better than 90% of the other articles/reviews published in that journal in 2019. If you select the 3-year option for the same article published in 2019 and the metric category shows 90%, that means that the article or review is performing better than 90% of the other articles/reviews published in that journal in 2019, 2018 and 2017.
Citation Benchmarking is provided by Scopus and SciVal and is different from the metrics context provided by PlumX Metrics.
Article Description
Background: Failure to report pain by older patients is usually considered a major obstacle to receive adequate pain management. Objectives: To compare the frequency of reporting pain to health care professionals (HCPs) among older (≥ 65 yrs) and younger adults (< 65 yrs) and to evaluate whether age and setting of care influence pain reporting to HCPs. Results: Overall, 3285 patients (54.7 ≥ 65 yrs) were interviewed. Despite analgesic therapy, 2821 patients had pain. Among these, 1178 patients (41.8%) had severe pain. The frequency of patients not reporting pain to HCPs is significantly lower among older vs. younger adults (18.1 vs. 23.6%; p < 0.001). Multiple multilevel logistic regression, however, shows that nonreporting pain is not age-related, but is associated with: nonmalignant pain (OR = 1.53; 95% CI: 1.00-2.35; p = 0.05), a short hospitalization (OR = 1.58; 95% CI: 1.20-2.07; p = 0.001), admission to a hospital without a 'pain-free hospital' project (OR = 2.00; 95% CI: 1.18-3.39; p = 0.011). Conclusions: The results suggest that failure to report pain does not appear to be associated with the age of the patient in itself, but with type of pain and clinical context. Both patients and physicians should be encouraged to actively address pain management. Further research is needed. © Informa UK, Ltd.
Bibliographic Details
Informa Healthcare
Provide Feedback
Have ideas for a new metric? Would you like to see something else here?Let us know