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ArticleJournal of aging and health2026

Pain Prevalence and Intensity Among Older Family Caregivers Versus Non-Caregivers in the United States.

Shelbie G Turner, M Carrington Reid, Karl A Pillemer

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Article in Journal of aging and health, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Health Patterns of Dementia Caregivers With Chronic Pain: Latent Profile Analysis of the PROMIS-29 Measure.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2026
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  2. Pain-attributed care task difficulty among dementia caregivers with chronic pain.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Shelbie G TurnerDivision of Geriatrics and Palliative Care, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2004-1980
M Carrington ReidDivision of Geriatrics and Palliative Care, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Karl A PillemerDivision of Geriatrics and Palliative Care, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.

Funding

Pilot CoreP30AG022845 · NIA · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI Manney Carrington Reid · 2003 to 2026
$15.2M
The Weill Cornell Medicine Research Training Program in Behavioral GeriatricsT32AG049666 · NIA · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI SARA J CZAJA, Manney Carrington Reid · 2016 to 2026
$3.2M
Reid Aging and Pain Research Training ProgramK24AG053462 · NIA · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI REID, MANNEY CARRINGTON · 2016 to 2025
$1.8M
Adaptation of PATH-Pain for Dementia Family Caregivers Living with Persistent Pain and Negative EmotionsK99AG086523 · NIA · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI TURNER, SHELBIE G · 2024 to 2025
$254k
NIA NIH HHS K24 AG053462NIA NIH HHS K99 AG086523NIA NIH HHS L30 AG083910NIA NIH HHS P30 AG022845NIA NIH HHS T32 AG049666
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

ObjectiveWe compared pain prevalence and intensity between caregivers and non-caregivers, as well as between different types of caregivers.MethodUsing two rounds of data from the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project, we used regression models to analyze differences in pain prevalence and intensity between caregivers and non-caregivers at baseline (2010-2011) and follow-up (2015-2016). The sample consisted of 2332 participants aged 62 and older (352 caregivers and 1980 non-caregivers).ResultsCross-sectionally, caregivers were more likely than non-caregivers to report pain. Longitudinally, caregivers with pain at baseline were more likely to report the presence of pain and greater pain intensity five years later compared to non-caregivers who also reported pain at baseline. More hours of care per week was associated with greater pain intensity at baseline and follow-up among caregivers with pain.DiscussionCaregivers' pain is a public health concern, with efforts to mitigate the effects of caregiving on pain needed.

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CaregiversPainAgedAged, 80 and overCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedPain MeasurementPrevalenceUnited Statesand aging projectcaregivinghealthnational social lifephysical pain

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PMID40205876
PMCPMC12353421

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