慢性疼痛的老年人的神经心理症状和功能能力
Anna S Ord1, Kim Coddington1, Genevieve P Maksad1
1Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA, USA.
Gerontology & geriatric medicine
|December 20, 2024
概括
慢性疼痛显著影响老年人的心理健康和认知能力. 管理疼痛可能会改善他们的整体功能和福祉.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 神经心理学 神经心理学
- 临床心理学 临床心理学
背景情况:
- 慢性疼痛在老年人中很普遍,但它对神经心理功能的影响尚未得到充分研究.
- 了解慢性疼痛与认知/心理健康之间的联系对于这一群体来说至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查慢性疼痛与社区老年人的神经心理结果之间的关系.
- 评估慢性疼痛对抑郁,焦虑,认知和功能能力的影响.
主要方法:
- 一项对452名老年人 (60-89岁) 的横截面研究,使用经过验证的神经心理评估.
- 采用了多变量协变性分析 (MANCOVA) 和分层多重回归.
- 这些测量包括老年抑郁量表 (GDS),贝克焦虑量表 (BAI),MMSE,RBANS,TFLS和IADL.
主要成果:
- 患有慢性疼痛的老年人表现出更高的抑郁和焦虑水平.
- 慢性疼痛与较低的认知功能和功能能力降低有关.
- 慢性疼痛独立地预测了这些领域的较差结果,超出人口统计和健康状况.
结论:
- 慢性疼痛会对老年人的神经心理功能产生负面影响.
- 疼痛管理干预措施可能对提高这一群体的认知和心理健康至关重要.
- 对综合疼痛和神经心理护理的进一步研究是有必要的.
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