Relationship between Pain Profiles and Comorbidity in Elderly Population

Abstract

Pain is a common complaint that are often untreated or undertreated of the elderly. Therefore, undertreatment for pain can have an impairment on the health and quality of life of the elderly, resulting in depression, anxiety, social isolation, cognitive impairment, immobility, and sleep disturbances. Geriatric patients are more likely to have arthritis, bone and joint disorders, cancer and other chronic disorders associated with pain. As the number of elderlies continues to rise, frailty and chronic disease associated with pain are expected to increase [1]. The age limit for elderly in Indonesia is 60 years or more. In 2017, the elderly population in Indonesia reaches 23,66 million people or 9,03% from the country total population. The number of people worldwide 65 years and older was estimated at 506 million as of 2008 and by 2040 will increase to 1.3 billion. The morbidity of elderly population in Indonesia is 28,62% in 2015 and will increases every year. According to the International Association for the Study of Pain, as many as 48.5% of geriatric patients come to the hospital with pain complaints [2].