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- Title
The Relationship Between Pain and Physical Function: Mediating Role of Sleep Quality, Depression, and Fatigue.
- Authors
Myung Kyung Lee; Ji Hyun Oh
- Abstract
The current study investigated whether osteoarthritis pain was associated with physical function and aimed to identify possible multistep indirect pathways of the association between pain and physical function through sleep quality, depression, and fatigue. Using the survey method, data were collected from 222 adults age ≥65 years diagnosed with osteoarthritis at a senior welfare center in Daejeon, Korea. Data were statistically analyzed using serial multiple mediation analysis. Study i ndings showed that the relationship between pain and limitation of physical function was partially mediated by sleep quality, depression, and fatigue. The experience of pain among older adults with osteoarthritis directly and most strongly led to limitations in physical functioning, and pain-induced sleep disorders, depression, and fatigue may sequentially negatively af ect physical functioning. Thus, pain is a possible fundamental cause of poor, or deterioration in, physical functioning in older adults with osteoarthritis. Therefore, pain assessment and pain management should be prioritized when caring for older adults with osteoarthritis.
- Subjects
SOUTH Korea; ELDER care; CONFIDENCE intervals; STATISTICAL correlation; MENTAL depression; FATIGUE (Physiology); LIFE skills; RESEARCH methodology; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; SLEEP; SURVEYS; PAIN management; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; SENIOR centers; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; OLD age
- Publication
Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 2019, Vol 45, Issue 7, p46
- ISSN
0098-9134
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3928/00989134-20190612-05