Pain Disability Among Older Adults with Arthritis

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• Personal Author:
  Brown KC ; James NT ; Miller CW ; Weaver M
• Description:
  Objective: The principal objective was to examine pain disability (the degree to which chronic pain interferes with daily activities) among older adults with arthritis. Specifically, answers to two research questions were sought: (a) Does psychological distress reliably predict pain disability; and (b) do certain theoretically important host, sociodemographic, and health-related factors reliably predict pain disability? Method: Descriptive, univariate, and multivariate regression analyses were employed to assess key psychosocial, disease, and host factors among the sample (N =141) of adults with arthritis, aged [UNKNOWN] 50 years old. Results: The resultant regression model accounted for 63.7% (60.0% adjusted) of the variance and was significant at p < .01. Psychological distress, overall health, disease activity, and disease self-efficacy were found to predict pain disability. Discussion: Sample members with greater pain disability experienced heightened psychological distress, poorer perceptions of their overall health, more surgeries, higher unemployment, more intense disease activity, longer disease duration, and lower disease self-efficacy. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mining Occupational Health Safety Vibration
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Arthritis Bone Disorders Disease Activity Disease Incidence MSD Musculoskeletal Disorders Osteoarthritis Pain Disability Psychological Factors Psychological Stress Rheumatoid Arthritis

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• ISSN:
  0898-2643
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Alabama ; Mississippi ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  56-69
• Volume:
  17
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20057592
• Citation:
  J Aging Health 2005 Feb; 17(1):56-69
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• Performing Organization:
  Deep South Center for Occupational Health and Safety, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19980701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Aging and Health
• End Date:
  20040630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c34b6209cae90c1e0190d0d53ca98652d1c402e616285a6b45e8a7e8d5fab4441a926b4935c41be46095078ce0daad667f9c51df076b1734f45ac034974e0985
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/214874/cdc_214874_DS1.pdf
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