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ArticlePain reports2025

Chronic pain and mortality risk among middle-age and older Japanese: the Shika town cohort study.

Jam Camara, Hiromasa Tsujiguchi, Akinori Hara, Yoko Inagaki, Masaharu Nakamura, Chie Takazawa, Keita Suzuki, Sakae Miyagi, Fumihiko Suzuki, Tomoko Kasahara and 16 more

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Jam CamaraDepartment of Public Health, Graduate School of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9199-1358
Hiromasa TsujiguchiDepartment of Public Health, Graduate School of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.
Akinori HaraDepartment of Public Health, Graduate School of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0399-1474
Yoko InagakiDepartment of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Masaharu NakamuraDepartment of Hygiene and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.
Chie TakazawaDepartment of Hygiene and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.
Keita SuzukiAdvanced Preventive Medical Sciences Research Center, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.
Sakae MiyagiInnovative Clinical Research Center, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.
Fumihiko SuzukiDepartment of Hygiene and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.
Tomoko KasaharaAdvanced Preventive Medical Sciences Research Center, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.
Atsushi AsaiAdvanced Preventive Medical Sciences Research Center, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.
Koji KatanoAdvanced Preventive Medical Sciences Research Center, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.
Kuniko SatoAdvanced Preventive Medical Sciences Research Center, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.
Aya OgawaFaculty of Nutrition, Osaka Seikei College, Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka, Japan.
Shinobu FukushimaAdvanced Preventive Medical Sciences Research Center, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.
Hirohito TsuboiDepartment of Hygiene and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.
Yukari ShimizuDepartment of Hygiene and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.
Aki ShibataDepartment of Hygiene and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.
Yasuhiro KambayashiDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Okayama University of Science, Imabari, Ehime, Japan.
Takayuki KannonDepartment of Biomedical Data Science, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan.
Jiaye ZhaoDepartment of Public Health, Graduate School of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.
Talica MaramaDepartment of Public Health, Graduate School of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.
Yumie TakeshitaDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.
Atsushi TajimaAdvanced Preventive Medical Sciences Research Center, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.
Toshinari TakamuraDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.
Hiroyuki NakamuraDepartment of Public Health, Graduate School of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: The relationship between chronic pain (CP) and mortality among the Japanese elderly population remains unclear due to limited literature. Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between CP and mortality, stratified by age and sex, using longitudinal cohort data from the Shika Study. Methods: This was a longitudinal study with 2849 participants aged ≥40 years (44.75% males and 55.25% females). Chronic pain, age, sex, tobacco smoking, height, and weight and self-reported information on medical conditions such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes mellitus were assessed using a CP questionnaire. Results: The baseline mean age (years) was 64.00 ± 12.21 for men and 65.44 ± 13.12 for women. Among all participants, the mortality rate was significantly higher in males than in females (12.40% vs 7.80%; Conclusion: Chronic headache and neck/shoulder/elbow/hand pain were found to be independently associated with mortality irrespective of other covariates among Japanese rural women aged ≤74 years in the Shika town longitudinal cohort study, Japan. This study potentially highlights the public health importance and negative impact of CP in women aged ≤74 years.

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Chronic body painCommunity dwellingsLongitudinalMiddle-aged and elderlyMortality

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PMID41244944
PMCPMC12614683

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