Pharmacological treatment of pain in Swedish nursing homes: prevalence and associations with cognitive impairment and depressive mood
| العنوان: | Pharmacological treatment of pain in Swedish nursing homes: prevalence and associations with cognitive impairment and depressive mood |
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| المؤلفون: | Rankin, Linda, 1987, Lindkvist, Marie, Backman, Annica C., 1972, Sköldunger, Anders, Lövheim, Hugo, 1981, Edvardsson, David, Gustafsson, Maria |
| المصدر: | Scandinavian Journal of Pain. 24(1) |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | cross-sectional studies, depression, elderly, pain, pain management, prevalence |
| الوصف: | Objectives: Chronic pain is highly prevalent in nursing home residents and often occurs with depression as well as cognitive impairment, which can severely influence and limit the expression of pain.Methods: The present cross-sectional study aimed to estimate the prevalence of pain, depressive mood, and cognitive impairment in association with pharmacological treatment against pain and depressive symptoms among Swedish nursing home residents.Results: We found an overall pain prevalence of 52.8%, a prevalence of 63.1% for being in a depressive mood, and a prevalence of cognitive impairment of 68.3%. Among individuals assessed to have depressive mood, 60.5% were also assessed to have pain. The prevalence of pharmacological treatment for pain was 77.5 and 54.1% for antidepressants. Prescription of pharmacological treatment against pain was associated with reports of currently having pain, and paracetamol was the most prescribed drug. A higher cognitive function was associated with more filled prescriptions of drugs for neuropathic pain, paracetamol, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), which could indicate an undertreatment of pain in those cognitively impaired.Conclusion: It is important to further explore the relationship between pain, depressive mood, and cognitive impairment in regard to pain management in nursing home residents. |
| وصف الملف: | electronic |
| URL الوصول: | https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-227303 https://doi.org/10.1515/sjpain-2024-0007 https://umu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1881405/FULLTEXT01.pdf |
| قاعدة البيانات: | SwePub |
| DOI: | 10.1515/sjpain-2024-0007 |
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