Acute and chronic musculoskeletal pain among older adults in a rural area in Southern Brazil: who suffers most?

Abstract Introduction: Musculoskeletal pain is frequent in the elderly, but it is little known in rural residents. Objective: To estimate the prevalence, intensity and associated factors of acute and chronic pain in the neck, upper back, lower back and knee of the older adults. Method: Cross-sect...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo Dalke Meucci, Elizabet Saes-Silva, Vanise dos Santos Ferreira Viero, Cristina dos Santos Paludo, Juliano Barbosa da Costa, Fabiane Dias da Rosa dos Santos
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Published: Instituto de Estudos em Saúde Coletiva da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 2024-11-01
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author Rodrigo Dalke Meucci
Elizabet Saes-Silva
Vanise dos Santos Ferreira Viero
Cristina dos Santos Paludo
Juliano Barbosa da Costa
Fabiane Dias da Rosa dos Santos
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description Abstract Introduction: Musculoskeletal pain is frequent in the elderly, but it is little known in rural residents. Objective: To estimate the prevalence, intensity and associated factors of acute and chronic pain in the neck, upper back, lower back and knee of the older adults. Method: Cross-sectional study carried out on a cohort of older adults in the rural area of the municipality of Rio Grande (RS), Brazil. To investigate the outcomes, a structured questionnaire and an anatomical model were used. Descriptive and bivariate analyses were performed and crude and adjusted multinomial regression was used to verify associated factors, following a hierarchical model. Results: The prevalence of acute and chronic pain in each region was, respectively, 11.9 and 12.5% in the neck; 14.3 and 14.1% upper back; 14.1 and 15.4% lower back; 15.8 and 23.0% in the knees. Being female and having arthritis/arthrosis were associated with acute pain. Being female, having worked with pesticides and fishing, having hypertension, arthritis/arthrosis and self-assessing health as regular and bad/very bad were associated with chronic pain. Conclusions: We found a high prevalence of acute and chronic pain. Identification of those at greater risk of having worse symptoms together with pain duration can help providing more appropriate care.
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spelling doaj-art-d7bd397aa276407c8c15d8a08ef6a8b42025-08-20T02:49:29ZengInstituto de Estudos em Saúde Coletiva da Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroCadernos de Saúde Coletiva1414-462X2024-11-0132210.1590/1414-462x202432020372Acute and chronic musculoskeletal pain among older adults in a rural area in Southern Brazil: who suffers most?Rodrigo Dalke Meuccihttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8941-3850Elizabet Saes-Silvahttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2356-7774Vanise dos Santos Ferreira Vierohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7780-3595Cristina dos Santos Paludohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4522-7415Juliano Barbosa da Costahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5928-4955Fabiane Dias da Rosa dos Santoshttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5175-7682Abstract Introduction: Musculoskeletal pain is frequent in the elderly, but it is little known in rural residents. Objective: To estimate the prevalence, intensity and associated factors of acute and chronic pain in the neck, upper back, lower back and knee of the older adults. Method: Cross-sectional study carried out on a cohort of older adults in the rural area of the municipality of Rio Grande (RS), Brazil. To investigate the outcomes, a structured questionnaire and an anatomical model were used. Descriptive and bivariate analyses were performed and crude and adjusted multinomial regression was used to verify associated factors, following a hierarchical model. Results: The prevalence of acute and chronic pain in each region was, respectively, 11.9 and 12.5% in the neck; 14.3 and 14.1% upper back; 14.1 and 15.4% lower back; 15.8 and 23.0% in the knees. Being female and having arthritis/arthrosis were associated with acute pain. Being female, having worked with pesticides and fishing, having hypertension, arthritis/arthrosis and self-assessing health as regular and bad/very bad were associated with chronic pain. Conclusions: We found a high prevalence of acute and chronic pain. Identification of those at greater risk of having worse symptoms together with pain duration can help providing more appropriate care.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1414-462X2024000200210&lng=en&tlng=enmusculoskeletal painchronic painacute painolder adults.
spellingShingle Rodrigo Dalke Meucci
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Vanise dos Santos Ferreira Viero
Cristina dos Santos Paludo
Juliano Barbosa da Costa
Fabiane Dias da Rosa dos Santos
Acute and chronic musculoskeletal pain among older adults in a rural area in Southern Brazil: who suffers most?
Cadernos de Saúde Coletiva
musculoskeletal pain
chronic pain
acute pain
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title Acute and chronic musculoskeletal pain among older adults in a rural area in Southern Brazil: who suffers most?
title_full Acute and chronic musculoskeletal pain among older adults in a rural area in Southern Brazil: who suffers most?
title_fullStr Acute and chronic musculoskeletal pain among older adults in a rural area in Southern Brazil: who suffers most?
title_full_unstemmed Acute and chronic musculoskeletal pain among older adults in a rural area in Southern Brazil: who suffers most?
title_short Acute and chronic musculoskeletal pain among older adults in a rural area in Southern Brazil: who suffers most?
title_sort acute and chronic musculoskeletal pain among older adults in a rural area in southern brazil who suffers most
topic musculoskeletal pain
chronic pain
acute pain
older adults.
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