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The relationship between abuse, psychosocial factors and pain complaints among older persons in Europe
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- Stén, Kersti Danell (author)
- Mittuniversitetet,Avdelningen för hälsovetenskap
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- Soares, Joaquim J. F. (author)
- Mittuniversitetet,Avdelningen för hälsovetenskap
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- Viitasara, Eija (author)
- Mittuniversitetet,Avdelningen för hälsovetenskap
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- Stankunas, Mindaugas (author)
- Lithuanian Univ Hlth Sci, Med Acad, Dept Hlth Management, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Sundin, Örjan (author)
- Mittuniversitetet,Avdelningen för psykologi
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- Melchiorre, Maria Gabriella (author)
- INRCA Ancona, Italian Natl Inst Hlth & Sci Aging, Sci Technol Area, Socio Econ Res Ctr, Ancona, Italy
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- Macassa, Gloria (author)
- Mittuniversitetet,Avdelningen för hälsovetenskap
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- Barros, Henrique (author)
- Univ Porto, Sch Med, Dept Hyg & Epidemiol, P-4100 Oporto, Portugal
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- Lindert, Jutta (author)
- Protestant Univ Appl Sci, Dept Publ Hlth Sci, Ludwigsburg, Germany
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- Torres-Gonzalez, Francisco (author)
- Univ Granada, Ctr Invest Biomed Red Salud Mental CIBERSAM, Granada, Spain
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- Ioannidi-Kapolou, Elisabeth (author)
- Natl Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Sociol, Athens, Greece
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- MDPI AG, 2014
- 2014
- English.
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In: Medicina (Kaunas). - : MDPI AG. - 1010-660X .- 1648-9144. ; 50:1, s. 61-74
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- Background and objective: Abuse and pain complaints are common among older persons. However, little is known about relationships between abuse (e.g. psychological) and pain complaints (e.g. backache) among older persons while considering other factors (e.g. depression).Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine these relationships.Materials and methods: The design was cross-sectional. A total of 4467 women and men aged 60-84 years from Germany, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden answered questionnaires regarding various areas such as abuse, mental health (e.g. anxiety) and pain complaints (e.g. backache). The data were examined with bivariate (analyses ofvariance) and multivariate methods (linear regressions).Results: The bivariate analyses showed that psychological abuse was connected with all pain complaints; physical with headache and head pressure; sexual with neck or shoulder pain and headache; injury with all complaints (except pain in joints or limbs); financial with pain in joints or limbs and head pressure; and overall abuse (one or more types) with all complaints (except headache). The regressions showed that psychological abuse increased the likelihood of being affected by head pressure and heaviness or tiredness in the legs; physical abuse of being affected by headache and head pressure; financial abuse of being affected by head pressure; and overall abuse of being affected by headache and head pressure. In general, respondents from Sweden and younger (60-64 years) were less affected by the complaints than those from other counties (e.g. Germany) and older (e.g. 70-74 years), respectively. Respondents on medication (e.g. pain killers) were less affected by all pain complaints and those with high social support by pain in joints or limbs. High scores on anxiety and depression and having many diseases increased the likelihood of being affect by all pain complaints.Conclusions: Abuse was related with certain pain complaints (e.g.headache), but other factors and in particular mental health and physical diseases impacted on all pain complaints. Medication and partly social support had a positive effect on the pain experience, i.e. the complaints interfered less with for instance the daily-life of the respondents.
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- Europe
- Older persons
- Pain complaints
- Abuse
- Mental health
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