ArticleFrontiers in public health2023
Prevalence and influencing factors of chronic pain in middle-aged and older adults in China: results of a nationally representative survey.
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- Prevalence of chronic pain in the general population: A systematic review and meta-analysis.The Indian journal of medical research · 2026Pooled it
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- Current state of research and future developments of artificial intelligence in pain diagnosis and treatment.Journal of translational medicine · 2026Review
- Predictive analysis of health-related quality of life trajectories in older patients with chronic pain based on explainable machine learning models.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2026Article
- Urban-rural disparities in high-impact chronic pain among older adults in Southwest China: a community-based cross-sectional study.International journal for equity in health · 2026Article
- Predicting sleep disorder trajectories in older patients with chronic pain: an explainable machine learning approach.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- The association between disease status and health-related quality of life: evidence from a cross-sectional survey across mainland China.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2026Article
- Identifying factors and predicting mental health issues in polypharmacy elderly using machine learning: a study based on the English longitudinal study of aging.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- International trends and social disparities in pain of adults aged 50 years and older in 22 countries across Europe, Asia, and the Americas: a longitudinal population-based study.The lancet. Healthy longevity · 2026Article
- Prevalence and Risk Factors of Pain Among Older People in Mexico: Evidence From MHAS 2018.Journal of aging research · 2026Article
- Patterns of Pain in Middle-Aged and Older Adults in China: A Latent Class Analysis.Pain and therapy · 2025Article
- Influencing factors of depressive symptoms in middle-aged and elderly people and its regional differences in china: a study based on Bayesian network model.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
- Impact of initial physician contact on later-life health service utilization: a life course perspective.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Association between living environmental quality and body pain in middle-aged and older adults: a national study in China.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025Article
- A Systematic Review of the Association Between Pain and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Disability in Community-Dwelling Older Adults.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Synergistic effects of chronic pain and diabetes on cardiovascular disease risk: findings from a nationwide cohort study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Longitudinal association between frailty and pain in three prospective cohorts of older population.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2025Article
- Exploring the Pain Situation, Pain Impact, and Educational Preferences of Pain Among Adults in Mainland China, a Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Association Between Chronic Neck Pain and Increased Risk of Chronic Respiratory Diseases in Middle-Aged and Elderly Chinese Adults: A Cohort Study Based on CHARLS.Journal of pain research · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: With China's rapidly aging population, chronic pain has become a major public health issue. This article aims at determining associations between chronic pain and multiple factors, including demographic characteristics, health status, and health service utilization of middle-aged and older adults in China. Methods: We selected all the 19,829 respondents who were over 45 years old from the China Health and Aging Tracking Survey 2018 (CHARLS) as our study population. The key information in terms of the body pain, demographic characteristics, health status, behaviors and health services use was extracted and analyzed. Logistic regression model was used to determine the influencing factors of chronic pain. Results: Analysis revealed that 60.02% (9,257) of the data from this survey reported physical pain, with pain sites concentrated at the head (40.9%), lower back (62.2%) and knees (47.2%). Pain was positively associated with influencing factors for pain: being a female (OR = 2.10, 95% CI 1.90-2.33, Conclusion: Physical pain affects many older adults. Women, regional, rural residents, smokers, alcohol drinkers, people with poor self-rated health, those having <7 h of sleep at night, those with hearing problems, depression, arthritis, stomach disorders, and people who visits Western hospitals or other medical institutions are at greater risk for pain and deserve the attention of health care providers and policy makers to focus on pain prevention and management in middle-aged and older adults. Future research studies should also focus on the impact of health literacy on pain prevention and management outcomes.
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