Effects of the Characteristics and Duration of Chronic Pain on Psychosomatic Function in the Community-Dwelling Elderly Population

Table 1

Comparison between groups based on chronic pain.

			NCP	CP	Total
Subject			102	85	187
Age (year)			74.7 ± 6.0	74.4 ± 5.9	74.7 ± 6.0
Sex		Male	28 (27.5%)	19 (22.4%)	47 (25.1%)
PCS (points)		Rumination	5.2 ± 5.8	10.4 ± 5.9	7.6 ± 6.4
		Magnification	1.9 ± 2.8	4.2 ± 3.5	3.0 ± 3.3
		Helplessness	2.6 ± 3.4	6.0 ± 5.2	4.1 ± 4.6
		Total score	9.7 ± 10.9	20.5 ± 13.4	14.5 ± 13.2
GDS (points)			2.8 ± 2.2	3.8 ± 2.8	3.3 ± 2.5
Number of falls (frequency)			0.3 ± 0.8	1.2 ± 3.1	0.7 ± 2.2
PSQI (points)			5.1 ± 3.2	5.7 ± 4.0	5.4 ± 3.6
MMSE (points)			27.9 ± 2.8	28.2 ± 2.3	28.0 ± 2.6

Mean ± SD, , and . CP: chronic pain, NCP: nonchronic pain, PCS: Pain Catastrophizing Scale, GDS: Geriatric Depression Scale, PSQI: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and MMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination.