Assessing the Relationship Between Chronic Pain and Frailty in Older Adults

Brief summary (from the registry)

Pain is an unpleasant emotional sensation related to one's past experiences, originating from a certain part of the body, due to tissue damage or not. Pain is the most commonly reported symptom in the elderly. Chronic pain is persistent or recurrent pain lasting more than 3 months. It is a maladaptive process or a disease that requires multimodal treatment that causes functional decline, independent of the healing process, accompanied by affective, cognitive and motivational disorders, and deterioration in quality of life. Frailty: It is defined as a clinical condition characterized by weakness, physical disability, functional regression, inadequacy in activities of daily living, and increased dependence, which develops as a result of the decrease in physiological reserves in the body with age. It has been reported that the risk of falls, disability, hospitalization and premature death is higher in the frail elderly. The prevalence of vulnerability in societies varies. Frailty rates ranging from 4 to 59% have been reported in developed and developing countries. In this study, it was aimed to evaluate whether there is a relationship between chronic pain and frailty in individuals aged 65 and over.

Study details

Official title

Assessment of the Prevelance of Chronic Pain and Its Relationship to Frailty in Older Adults

Conditions

• Chronic Pain
• Frailty

Interventions

• Diagnostic test: 4 meter walking speed and hand grip strength

Sponsor

Manisa Celal Bayar University

Start date

2023-11-01

Primary completion

2024-12-31

Sex

All

Age range

from 65 Years

Healthy volunteers

true

Results posted

No results posted in this snapshot

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Total sites listed

1

Eligibility criteria