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- Title
Cortical Thickness Mediates the Association Between Self-Reported Pain and Sleep Quality in Community-Dwelling Older Adults.
- Authors
Montesino-Goicolea, Soamy; Valdes-Hernandez, Pedro A; Hoyos, Lorraine; Woods, Adam J; Cohen, Ronald; Huo, Zhiguang; III, Joseph L Riley; Porges, Eric C; Fillingim, Roger B; Cruz-Almeida, Yenisel
- Abstract
Introduction: Musculoskeletal pain is prevalent in older adults representing the leading cause of disability in this population. Similarly, nearly half of older adults complain of difficulty sleeping. We aimed to explore the relationship between sleep quality with self-reported musculoskeletal pain, somatosensory and pain thresholds in community-dwelling older adults and further explore brain regions that may contribute to this association. Methods: Older adults (> 60 years old, n=69) from the NEPAL study completed demographic, pain and sleep assessments followed by a quantitative sensory testing battery. A subset (n=49) also underwent a 3T high-resolution, T1-weighted anatomical scan. Results: Poorer sleep quality using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index was positively associated with self-reported pain measures (all p's > 0.05), but not somatosensory and pain thresholds (all p's > 0.05). Using a non-parametric threshold-free cluster enhancement (TFCE) approach, worse sleep quality was significantly associated with lower cortical thickness in the precentral, postcentral, precuneus, superior parietal, and lateral occipital regions (TFCE-FWE-corrected at p < 0.05). Further, only postcentral cortical thickness significantly mediated the association between sleep quality and self-reported pain intensity using bootstrapped mediation methods. Conclusion: Our findings in older adults are similar to previous studies in younger individuals where sleep is significantly associated with self-reported pain. Specifically, our study implicates brain structure as a significant mediator of this association in aging. Future larger studies are needed to replicate our findings and to further understand if the brain can be a therapeutic target for both improved sleep and pain relief in older individuals.
- Subjects
SLEEP; OLDER people; PAIN threshold; PAIN; ANALGESIA
- Publication
Journal of Pain Research, 2020, Vol 13, p2389
- ISSN
1178-7090
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2147/JPR.S260611