Self-Reported Prescription Drug Use for Pain and for Sleep and Incident Frailty.

Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2019)

Prescription pain and sleep drug use is significantly associated with increased incidence of frailty. Research to estimate effects of pain and sleep indications and of drug class-specific dosage and duration on incident frailty is indicated before advocating deprescribing based on these findings. J Am Geriatr Soc 67:2474-2481, 2019.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
neuropathic pain
sleep quality
physical activity
cardiovascular disease
community dwelling
spinal cord