Citation

Jelicic M, Kempen GIJM. Injury 1999; 30(5): 323-325.

Affiliation

Department of Health Sciences, University of Groningen, Netherlands. m.jelicic@np.unimaas.nl

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10505124

Abstract

We studied the role of psychological factors on pain following a fracture of the extremities in older adults (n = 111) using a prospective design. Pain and psychological variables measured at baseline, postfracture anxiety and depression, and demographic variables were used to predict pain two months after the fracture. Both moderately severe and serious fractures lead to an increase in pain. Pain at baseline and postinjury anxiety were associated with pain following a fracture of the extremities.

Language: en