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Characteristics Of Chronic Pain Associated With Sleep Difficulty In Older Adults: The Maintenance Of Balance, Independent Living, Intellect, And Zest In The Elderly (Mobilize) Boston Study, Suzanne G. Leveille Phd, Qian Chen Bsn, Rn
Characteristics Of Chronic Pain Associated With Sleep Difficulty In Older Adults: The Maintenance Of Balance, Independent Living, Intellect, And Zest In The Elderly (Mobilize) Boston Study, Suzanne G. Leveille Phd, Qian Chen Bsn, Rn
Suzanne G. Leveille
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate pain severity and distribution
in relation to sleep difficulty in older adults.
DESIGN: Population-based cross-sectional study.
SETTING: Community within a 5-mile radius of the study
center at the Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew Senior-
Life (HSL), Boston.
PARTICIPANTS: Seven hundred sixty-five participants of
the Maintenance of Balance, Independent Living, Intellect,
and Zest in the Elderly (MOBILIZE) Boston Study aged 64
and older.
MEASUREMENTS: Pain severity was measured using the
Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) Pain Severity Subscale. Musculoskeletal pain distribution was grouped according to no pain, single site, two or more sites, and widespread pain
(upper and lower …