Hendlmeier Melina, Fischer Thomas, Drebenstedt Corinna, Fuchs Stephan, Norda Heike, Sirsch Erika
Deutsche Schmerzgesellschaft e. V., Alt-Moabit 101b, 10559, Berlin, Deutschland.
Evangelische Hochschule Dresden, Dresden, Deutschland.
Schmerz. 2025 Mar 27. doi: 10.1007/s00482-025-00875-9.
Geriatric patients are characterized by an advanced age and typical geriatric multimorbidity. The prevalence of pain increases with age. In geriatric patients in particular, pain is one of the most frequently occurring characteristic complexes. In Germany, a trend has been observed that the prevalence and intensity of pain in older people has continued to increase in recent years. Pain management in this particularly vulnerable group poses major challenges for the patients themselves, their relatives and healthcare professionals. For this reason, the expiring S3 guideline on "Pain assessment in older people in full inpatient care for the elderly" will be taken up, updated and expanded to include pain therapy and extended to outpatient and acute inpatient care.
老年患者的特点是年龄较大且患有典型的老年多发病。疼痛的患病率随年龄增长而增加。尤其是在老年患者中，疼痛是最常见的特征性症状群之一。在德国，近年来观察到一种趋势，即老年人疼痛的患病率和强度持续上升。对这个特别脆弱的群体进行疼痛管理，给患者本人、其亲属和医护人员带来了重大挑战。因此，即将到期的关于“老年全住院患者疼痛评估”的S3指南将被采纳、更新并扩展至包括疼痛治疗，同时扩展到门诊和急性住院护理。
