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August 23, 2025GeriatricsOpen Access

A Systematic Review of the Association Between Pain and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Disability in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

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YMYoichi MizutaniSUShigekazu Ukawa

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Overview

Systematic review shows pain predicts IADL disability in community-dwelling older adults, highlighting measurement challenges.

Key Points

  • Pain consistently predicts instrumental activities of daily living disability in older adults, indicating a serious public health issue.
  • Of the 29 studies included, 23 reported significant associations between pain and IADL disability across various methods.
  • This systematic review analyzed research through diverse scales and assessments, noting methodological variability in study designs.
  • Future research must standardize measurement tools and control for confounding factors to clarify pain's role in functional independence.

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Mizutani et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68af5bc7ad7bf08b1eae008ehttps://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics10050113
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