• Multiple chronic conditions. Older adults average three or more chronic health conditions, many of which cause pain. This puts them at greater risk for increased pain severity.
(See Sources of in older adults.)
• Sensory, cognitive, and mental health impairments. Both individually
and collectively, such conditions as dementia, depression, delirium,
and anxiety may intensify pain and worsen frailty.
Cognitive and mental health disorders alter the expression, description,
and communication of pain.
• Multiple chronic conditions. Older adults average three or more chronic health conditions, many of which cause pain. This puts them at greater risk for increased pain severity. (See Sources of in older adults.)• Sensory, cognitive, and mental health impairments. Both individually and collectively, such conditions as dementia, depression, delirium, and anxiety may intensify pain and worsen frailty.Cognitive and mental health disorders alter the expression, description,and communication of pain.
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