%0 Journal Article
%A Nguyen, Mai Thi Ngoc
%A Laetsch, Dana Clarissa
%A Chen, Li-Ju
%A Haefeli, Walter Emil
%A Meid, Andreas D
%A Brenner, Hermann
%A Schöttker, Ben
%T Pain severity and analgesics use in the community-dwelling older population: a drug utilization study from Germany.
%J European journal of clinical pharmacology
%V 76
%N 12
%@ 1432-1041
%C New York
%I Springer
%M DKFZ-2020-01483
%P 1695-1707
%D 2020
%Z 2020 Dec;76(12):1695-1707#EA:C070#LA:C070#
%X Chronic pain is common in the older population and a significant public health concern. However, comprehensive studies on analgesics use in this age group from Germany are scarce. This study aims to give a comprehensive overview on the use of the most common therapeutic groups of analgesics in community-dwelling older adults from Germany.A cross-sectional study was carried out using data from a German cohort of 2038 community-dwelling adults aged 63-89 years. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression models were applied to assess the utilization of analgesics by age, sex, pain severity, pain duration, and locations.One out of four study participants was suffering from high-intensity or disabling pain. Approximately half of those taking analgesics still reported to suffer from high-intensity or disabling pain. Among analgesics users, occasional non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) use was the most frequent pain therapy (in 43.6
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)16
%9 Journal Article
%$ pmid:32648116
%R 10.1007/s00228-020-02954-5
%U https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/157213