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Pain and Mortality in Older Adults: The Influence of Pain Phenotype.
Arthritis care & research - 1 Feb 2018
Smith Diane, Wilkie Ross, Croft Peter, McBeth John
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OBJECTIVE: Moderate to severe chronic pain affects 1 in 5 adults. Pain may increase the risk of mortality, but the relationship is unclear. This study investigated whether mortality risk was influenced by pain phenotype, characterized by pain extent or pain impact on daily life. METHODS: The study population was drawn from 2 large population cohorts of adults ages ≥50 years, the English Longitudinal Study of...
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