Research advances on the correlation between frailty and chronic pain in the elderly / 中华老年医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Frailty is currently one of the hot research topics in geriatric medicine.With decreased physiological reserve of multiple systems and reduced anti-stress ability as its main manifestations, frailty results in a range of adverse outcomes.On the other hand, chronic pain is a common clinical syndrome that threatens physical and mental health of the elderly.The relationship between frailty and chronic pain is receiving increasing attention because both of them are important risk factors for impaired quality of life of elderly individuals.In this review, we summarize the correlation between frailty and chronic pain, and its possible underlying mechanisms, in order to provide new ideas for frailty identification and intervention and effective chronic pain management.