TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Persistent Pain A1 - Rife, Tessa A1 - Calton, Brook A2 - Walter, Louise C. A2 - Chang, Anna A2 - Chen, Pei A2 - Harper, G. Michael A2 - Rivera, Josette A2 - Conant, Rebecca A2 - Lo, Daphne A2 - Yukawa, Michi Y1 - 2021 N1 - T2 - Current Diagnosis & Treatment Geriatrics, 3e AB - Persistent pain is defined as pain that continues beyond the expected healing time, usually longer than 3 months. Persistent pain is widely prevalent in older adults. Up to 50% of community-dwelling older adults report pain that has a negative impact on function; a similar percentage of nursing home residents report experiencing daily pain. Pain from musculoskeletal disorders including back pain and arthritis, neuropathy, and pain related to chronic conditions such as congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and end-stage renal disease are most common. Persistent pain may or may not be associated with identifiable underlying pathology or may be out of proportion to the pathology observed. Older adults are at risk for undertreatment of pain due to underreport of pain, variable presentations of pain, cognitive impairment, and unconscious bias. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1180018813 ER -