Thesis
The Relationship and Importance of Pain and Depression in Assessment of the Elderly in Primary Care
Washington State University
Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
05/2009
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/3552
Abstract
Chronic pain syndromes and depression are major medical problems. As the population of elders in the United States continues to increase in proportion to the general population, both depression and chronic pain are likely to become ever more problematic. People over 85 are the fastest growing segment of the population in the United States. It is estimated that by the year 2020 this population will include 7.5 million persons and by 2040 this population group will double to 14 million (U.S. Census\nBureau, 2004). It is incumbent that providers understand the close relationship between depression and pain and exercise due diligence in making certain that both depression and pain have been accurately assessed so that the appropriate and adequate treatment can be prescribed. This paper explores the prevalence and relationship of depression and pain. The importance of assessing both in the primary care setting is described.
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- Title
- The Relationship and Importance of Pain and Depression in Assessment of the Elderly in Primary Care
- Creators
- Michael Blankenship
- Contributors
- Renee Hoeksel (Advisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Research Projects, College of Nursing
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Spokane, Washington
- Identifiers
- 99900591039601842
- Copyright
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us; Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US)
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis