Allostatic load and pain severity in older adults: Results from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

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• 作者：Kimberly T. Sibille^a ; ^{ksibille@ufl.edu} ; John McBeth^b ; Diane Smith^c ; Ross Wilkie^c
• 关键词：Pain severity ; Stress ; Allostatic load ; Older adults ; Health behaviors
• 刊名：Experimental Gerontology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：88
• 期：Complete
• 页码：51-58
• 全文大小：317 K
• 卷排序：88

文摘

Chronic pain is common in older adults. Pain is typically experienced as stressful and associated with increased morbidity and mortality. A positive relationship between pain severity and allostatic load (AL) was demonstrated in older adults. Measuring AL may assist in evaluating physiological functioning and monitoring changes to clinical interventions.