Dellaroza Mara Solange Gomes, Pimenta Cibele Andrucioli de Mattos, Matsuo Tiemi
Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Brasil.
Cad Saude Publica. 2007 May;23(5):1151-60. doi: 10.1590/s0102-311x2007000500017.
The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to determine the prevalence of chronic pain in elderly municipal employees (n = 451) in Londrina, Paraná State, Brazil, and to characterize the pain in relation to: location, intensity, duration of episode, periodicity, and most frequent time of day. Data were collected using home interviews. Chronic pain was defined as lasting > six months and the elderly were defined as > or = 60 years of age. Overall prevalence of chronic pain was 51.44%, involving mostly the back (21.73%) and lower limbs (21.5%). Back pain was described as daily (31.63%), continuous, or lasting 1-6 hours (19.39%), mild (50%), and without a specific time of day (56.12%). Pain in the lower limbs was described as daily (42.27%), of variable duration (32.99%) or continuous (22.68%), mild (53.61%), and without a specific time of day (48.45%). The study showed a high prevalence of chronic pain in the elderly, with characteristics that can interfere in their quality of life, causing unnecessary suffering.
这项横断面研究的目的是确定巴西巴拉那州隆德里纳市老年市政雇员（n = 451）的慢性疼痛患病率，并根据疼痛的部位、强度、发作持续时间、周期性以及一天中最常出现的时间对疼痛进行特征描述。通过上门访谈收集数据。慢性疼痛定义为持续时间超过六个月，老年人定义为年龄大于或等于60岁。慢性疼痛的总体患病率为51.44%，主要累及背部（21.73%）和下肢（21.5%）。背痛的描述为每天发作（31.63%）、持续或持续1 - 6小时（19.39%）、轻度（50%）且无特定发作时间（56.12%）。下肢疼痛的描述为每天发作（42.27%）、持续时间不定（32.99%）或持续发作（22.68%）、轻度（53.61%）且无特定发作时间（48.45%）。该研究表明老年人慢性疼痛患病率较高，其特征可能会影响他们的生活质量，造成不必要的痛苦。
