Prevalence and intensity of chronic pain and self-perceived health among elderly people: a population-based study

OBJECTIVE: to identify the prevalence and intensity of chronic pain among elderly people of the community and to analyze associations with the self-perceived health status.METHOD: cross-sectional study with a populational sample (n=934), conducted through household interviews in the city of Goiânia,...

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Main Authors: Lilian Varanda Pereira, Patrícia Pereira de Vasconcelos, Layz Alves Ferreira Souza, Gilberto de Araújo Pereira, Adélia Yaeko Kyosen Nakatani, Maria Márcia Bachion
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2014-08-01
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692014000400662&lng=en&tlng=en