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Lower body osteoarticular pain and dose of analgesic medications in older disabled women : The women's health and aging study. 
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, vol. 89, n° 6, 1999, pages 930-934, 33 réf., ISSN 0090-0036, USA
PAHOR (M.), GURALNIK (J.M.), WAN (J.Y.), FERRUCCI (L.), PENNINX (B.W.J.H.), LYLES (A.), LING (S.), FRIED (L.P.)
Department of Preventive Medicine. University of Tennessee. Memphis. USA, Welch Center for Prevention. Epidemiology. And Clinical Research. Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore. MD. USA
Objectives.
This study assessed use and dosage of analgesic medications in relation to severity of osteoarficalar pam.
Methods The type and dose of anaigesic modication and the severity of pain in the lower back, hips, knees. or feet of 1002 older disabled women were assessed, Results, Severe pain and the use of anaigesic medications were reported by 48.5% and 78.8% of women, respecrively Among those who had severe pain, 41.2% were osing less than 20% of the maximum analgesic dose.
Over-all, 6.6% of women were using more than 100% of the anaximan dose Conclusions.
Severe pain is common.
Additional, more effective, and safe analgesic treatments are needed for controlling pain in older perons.
Mots-clés BDSP : Douleur, Lombalgie, Hanche, Genou, Pied, Personne âgée, Homme, Femme, Incapacité, Etats Unis, Amérique, Epidémiologie, Prévalence, Thérapeutique, Thérapeutique médicamenteuse, Médicament analgésique, Utilisation, Système ostéoarticulaire [pathologie], Amérique du Nord
Mots-clés Pascal : Douleur, Ostéoarticulaire, Lombalgie, Hanche, Genou, Pied, Personne âgée, Homme, Femelle, Incapacité, Etats Unis, Amérique du Nord, Amérique, Epidémiologie, Prévalence, Traitement, Chimiothérapie, Analgésique, Utilisation, Dose efficace, Système ostéoarticulaire pathologie, Genou pathologie, Pied pathologie, Pelvis pathologie
Mots-clés Pascal anglais : Pain, Osteoarticular, Low back pain, Hip, Knee, Foot, Elderly, Human, Female, Disability, United States, North America, America, Epidemiology, Prevalence, Treatment, Chemotherapy, Analgesic, Use, Effective dose, Diseases of the osteoarticular system, Knee disease, Disease of the foot, Pelvis pathology
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Code Inist : 002B02B05. Création : 16/11/1999.
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