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Older adults with chronic musculoskeletal pain are at increased risk of recurrent falls and the brief pain inventory could help identify those most at risk.

AbstractAIM:
Chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) and falls are common among community-dwelling older adults. The study aims were: (i) to investigate the relationship between CMP and any falls (≥1), single falls and recurrent falls (≥2) in community-dwelling older adults; and (ii) to determine the discriminative validity of the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) to differentiate between non-fallers and (a) any and (b) recurrent fallers.
METHODS:
A cross-sectional study involving 295 community-dwelling participants (mean age 77.5 ± 8.1 years, 66.4% female) was carried out. CMP was assessed and classified as none (comparison group), single and multisite (≥2). The BPI severity and interference subscales were used, and falls were recorded over 12 months. Data were analyzed with logistic regression and receiver operating characteristic curves (ROC).
RESULTS:
Over half of the participants (154/295, 52.2%) had CMP (41.6% single and 58.4% multisite pain). Participants with CMP were at increased risk of recurrent falls (OR 2.25, 95% CI 1.03-4.88), and this risk was highest in those with multisite CMP (OR 3.43, CI 1.34-8.65). The BPI severity subscale showed good discriminative ability to differentiate between recurrent and non-fallers with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.731 (95% CI 0.635-0.826); a mean score of 5.1 had a sensitivity of 93.3% and specificity of 56.7%. The AUC for the BPI interference subscale was 0.724 (95% CI 0.630-0.818), and a cut-off score of 4.6 had a sensitivity of 84.4% and specificity of 57.8%
CONCLUSION:
Older adults with multisite CMP are at greatest risk of recurrent falls. In clinical settings, the BPI could prove useful to discriminate between recurrent and non-fallers.
AuthorsBrendon Stubbs, Laura Eggermont, Sandhi Patchay, Pat Schofield
JournalGeriatrics & gerontology international (Geriatr Gerontol Int) Vol. 15 Issue 7 Pg. 881-8 (Jul 2015) ISSN: 1447-0594 [Electronic] Japan
PMID25163605 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Multicenter Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Copyright© 2014 Japan Geriatrics Society.
Topics
  • Accidental Falls (statistics & numerical data)
  • Aged
  • Chronic Disease
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Musculoskeletal Pain (complications, diagnosis, epidemiology)
  • Pain Measurement (methods)
  • ROC Curve
  • Recurrence
  • Risk Assessment (methods)
  • Risk Factors
  • United Kingdom (epidemiology)

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