PMID- 31979306
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20201006
LR  - 20231113
IS  - 1660-4601 (Electronic)
IS  - 1661-7827 (Print)
IS  - 1660-4601 (Linking)
VI  - 17
IP  - 3
DP  - 2020 Jan 23
TI  - Sex-Based Differences in the Quality of Life of Elderly Koreans with Chronic 
      Musculoskeletal Pain.
LID - 10.3390/ijerph17030743 [doi]
LID - 743
AB  - In this study, we constructed a structural equation model (SEM) for predicting 
      the quality of life (QOL) in elderly Koreans with chronic musculoskeletal pain 
      (CMP) and examined the differences between sexes. Data were earlier collected in 
      a prior study of 307 participants (101 men and 206 women) with CMP, aged 65 years 
      and above, who used geriatric welfare centers located in two cities. The effects 
      of pain, functional limitation, perceived health status, pain coping, and social 
      support on the QOL were estimated with a multigroup SEM. For both men and women, 
      the results show sequential causality from pain to functional limitation, 
      perceived health status, and QOL. However, the relationships among pain, pain 
      coping, functional limitation, and QOL differ between men and women. The 
      multigroup SEM provides a better understanding of the sex differences in the QOL 
      of elderly with CMP. The results suggest that in order to improve QOL among the 
      elderly with CMP, a customized strategy should be applied that takes into account 
      differences between the sexes.
FAU - Jeong, Hyesun
AU  - Jeong H
AD  - Department of Nursing, Graduate School, Pusan National University, Yangsan 50612, 
      Korea.
FAU - Lee, Yoonju
AU  - Lee Y
AD  - College of Nursing, Pusan National University, Yangsan 50612, Korea.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20200123
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Int J Environ Res Public Health
JT  - International journal of environmental research and public health
JID - 101238455
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Musculoskeletal Pain/*physiopathology
MH  - *Quality of Life
MH  - Republic of Korea
MH  - *Sex Factors
PMC - PMC7038106
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - aged
OT  - chronic musculoskeletal pain
OT  - quality of life
OT  - sex
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2020/01/26 06:00
MHDA- 2020/10/07 06:00
PMCR- 2020/02/01
CRDT- 2020/01/26 06:00
PHST- 2020/01/16 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/01/16 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2020/01/18 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/01/26 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/01/26 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/10/07 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2020/02/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - ijerph17030743 [pii]
AID - ijerph-17-00743 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/ijerph17030743 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Jan 23;17(3):743. doi: 
      10.3390/ijerph17030743.