Sociodemographic Factors In Older Adults

In the present cross-sectional study, we examined the associations between the number of pain sites, sociodemographic characteristics and health related factors in a large sample of community older adults. Broadly speaking, we found a relative high prevalence of multisite pain; approximately 36.0% of the older individuals reported pain from two to nine sites. The most common anatomical location with pain were the lower extremities, the gluteal area and the low back. The results of multiple regression revealed that the increase in the number of pain sites were more likely to be associated with women, married, high pain intensity, and frequency, low positive wellbeing, and quality of life. A decrease of multisite pain with older ages was also