Patient self-reported functioning by pain severity and usual analgesic treatment among older adults with osteoarthritis: analysis of the 2017 Spanish National Health Survey.

Regardless of usual utilization of analgesics, the severity of pain seemed to be the major determinant of functional impairment, and caregiving need, in all domains of functioning in older OA patients in Spain. Existing treatment strategies are analgesics based and do not meet patient needs for adequate pain management.