Researchers from Tohoku University Report on Findings in Joint Diseases (Impact of Pain on Incident Risk of Disability in Elderly Japanese…

Researchers from Tohoku University Report on Findings in Joint Diseases (Impact of Pain on Incident Risk of Disability in Elderly Japanese Cause-specific Analysis)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at China Weekly News -- Fresh data on Joint Diseases are presented in a new report. According to news reporting originating from Miyagi, Japan, by VerticalNews correspondents, research stated, "Although several cross-sectional studies have reported that pain is associated with functional disability in the elderly, data regarding a longitudinal association between pain and disability are inconsistent. This study aimed to investigate the association of pain severity with subsequent functional disability due to all causes as well as stroke, dementia, and joint disease/fracture."

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from Tohoku University, "The authors conducted a prospective cohort study of 13,702 Japanese individuals aged 65 yr or older. Information regarding pain severity during the previous 4 weeks and other lifestyle factors was collected via questionnaire in 2006. Data on the incidence of functional disability were retrieved from the Long-term Care Insurance database. Cox proportional hazards regression analysis was used to estimate the multivariate-adjusted hazard ratios for incident functional disability. The authors documented 2,686 (19.6%) cases of incident functional disability. The multivariate hazard ratio of functional disability was 1.15 (95% CI, 1.02 to 1.31) among respondents with moderate pain and 1.31 (95% CI, 1.12 to 1.54) among respondents with severe pain in comparison with those without pain (P trend < 0.001). These positive associations were particularly remarkable for disability due to joint disease/fracture: the multivariate hazard ratio was 1.88 (95% CI, 1.37 to 2.58) for moderate pain and 2.76 (95% CI, 1.93 to 3.95) for severe pain (P trend < 0.001). There was a negative association between pain severity and disability due to dementia (P trend = 0.041) and no significant association between pain severity and disability due to stroke."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "Among elderly Japanese individuals, the authors found a significant positive association between pain severity and future incident functional disability."

For more information on this research see: Impact of Pain on Incident Risk of Disability in Elderly Japanese Cause-specific Analysis. Anesthesiology, 2017;126(4):688-696. Anesthesiology can be contacted at: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Two Commerce Sq, 2001 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA. (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins - www.lww.com; Anesthesiology - journals.lww.com/anesthesiology/pages/default.aspx)

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Y. Kaiho, Tohoku University, Grad Sch Med, Dept. of Anesthesiol & Perioperat Med, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. Additional authors for this research include Y. Sugawara, K. Sugiyama, Y. Tomata, Y. Endo, H. Toyama, M. Yamauchi and I. Tsuji.

Keywords for this news article include: Miyagi, Japan, Asia, Musculoskeletal Diseases and Conditions, Joint Diseases and Conditions, Asia, Tohoku University.

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