Heterogeneity in Husbands' and Wives' Physical Pain Trajectories over Mid-Later Years: Biopsychosocial Stratification and Implications for Later Life Well-Being.

DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS: The identification of pain trajectory groups and characteristics of group members provides a potentially useful prognostic tool for early preventive intervention efforts, treatment, and policy formation. Such interventions can promote and develop resiliency factors, thereby aiding in the redirection of middle-aged husbands' and wives' adverse pain trajectories.
PMID: 33453117 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Gerontologist - January 16, 2021 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Wickrama KAS, Lee TK, O'Neal CW Tags: Gerontologist Source Type: research