Elder Abuse and Chronic Pain: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Results from the Preventing Elder Abuse and Neglect Initiative.
Raudah M YunusNoran N HairiWan Y ChooMaw P TanFarizah HairiRajini SooryanarayanaNorliana IsmailShatanapriya KandibenDevi PeramalahZainudin M AliSharifah N AhmadInayah A RazakSajaratulnisah OthmanFadzilah Hm MydinKaruthan ChinnaAwang BulgibaPublished in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2018)
Our findings indicate no temporal relationship between EAN and chronic pain but indicated cross-sectional associations between the two. This might indicate that, although EAN does not lead to chronic pain, individuals with greater physical limitations are more vulnerable to abuse. Our study also shows the importance of cohort design in determining causal relationships between EAN and potentially linked health outcomes.