Association Between Persistent Pain and Memory Decline and Dementia in a Longitudinal Cohort of Elders
Author(s) -
Elizabeth L. Whitlock,
L. Grisell DiazRamirez,
M. Maria Glymour,
W. John Boscardin,
Kenneth E. Covinsky,
Alexander K. Smith
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
jama internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.14
H-Index - 342
eISSN - 2168-6114
pISSN - 2168-6106
DOI - 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.1622
Subject(s) - medicine , dementia , chronic pain , population , cognitive decline , cognition , cohort , cohort study , association (psychology) , physical therapy , gerontology , psychiatry , disease , psychology , environmental health , psychotherapist
Chronic pain is common among the elderly and is associated with cognitive deficits in cross-sectional studies; the population-level association between chronic pain and longitudinal cognition is unknown.
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