Psychosocial interventions for managing pain in older adults: outcomes and clinical implications

Psychosocial interventions for managing pain in older adults: outcomes and clinical implications

Summary Interest in the use of psychosocial interventions to help older adults manage pain is growing. In this article, we review this approach. The first section reviews the conceptual background for psychosocial interventions with a special emphasis on the biopsychosocial model of pain. The second...

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Published in:British journal of anaesthesia : BJA Vol. 111; no. 1; pp. 89 - 94
Main Authors: Keefe, F. J., Porter, L., Somers, T., Shelby, R., Wren, A. V.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England Oxford University Press 01-07-2013
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Chronic Pain - psychology
Chronic Pain - therapy
Cognitive Therapy - methods
Emotions
Humans
Mind-Body Therapies - methods
Mind-Body Therapies - psychology
Pain - psychology
Pain Management - methods
Pain Management - psychology
Review
Self Disclosure
Yoga - psychology
chronic pain
age
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Summary:Summary Interest in the use of psychosocial interventions to help older adults manage pain is growing. In this article, we review this approach. The first section reviews the conceptual background for psychosocial interventions with a special emphasis on the biopsychosocial model of pain. The second section highlights three psychosocial interventions used with older adults: cognitive behavioural therapy, emotional disclosure, and mind–body interventions (specifically mindfulness-based stress reduction and yoga). The final section of the paper highlights important future directions for work in this area.
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This paper is based, in part, on the John D. Loeser Award Lecture given by F.J.K. at the International Association for the Study of Pain meeting in Milan, Italy, August 2012.
ISSN:0007-0912
1471-6771
DOI:10.1093/bja/aet129