Title | Factors Associated with Family Reports of Pain, Dyspnea, and Depression in the Last Year of Life. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2016 |
Authors | Singer, AE, Meeker, D, Teno, JM, Lynn, J, Lunney, JR, Lorenz, KA |
Journal | J Palliat Med |
Volume | 19 |
Issue | 10 |
Pagination | 1066-1073 |
Date Published | 2016 Oct |
ISSN Number | 1557-7740 |
Abstract | BACKGROUND: Pain, dyspnea, and depression are highly troubling near the end of life. OBJECTIVE: To characterize factors associated with clinically significant pain and the presence of dyspnea and depression during the last year of life in a nationally representative sample. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: Health and Retirement Study, a national sample of community-dwelling US residents aged 51 and older. PARTICIPANTS: Family respondents of 8254 decedents who died between 1998 and 2012. MEASUREMENTS: Clinically significant pain often during the last year of life; dyspnea and depression for at least one month during the last year of life. RESULTS: Life support was associated with dyspnea (odds ratio [OR] 1.71, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.42-2.06) and depression (OR 1.20, CI 1.04-1.39), treatment for cancer with pain (OR 1.65, CI 1.41-1.92), and oxygen for a lung condition with dyspnea (OR 14.78, CI 11.28-19.38). More diagnoses were associated with dyspnea (OR 1.24, CI 1.17-1.30) and depression (OR 1.14, CI 1.08-1.21). More activities of daily living (ADL) dependencies were associated with clinically significant pain (OR 1.06, CI 1.03-1.09), dyspnea (OR 1.06, CI 1.02-1.10), and depression (OR 1.10, CI 1.07-1.12), and more instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) dependencies with depression (OR 1.12, CI 1.08-1.18). Worse self-rated health was associated with pain (OR 0.83, CI 0.77-0.88), dyspnea (OR 0.89, CI 0.84-0.95), and depression (OR 0.83, CI 0.78-0.89). Arthritis was associated with clinically significant pain (OR 2.24, CI 1.91-2.63). CONCLUSIONS: Factors associated with common, burdensome symptoms in a national sample suggest clinical and population strategies for targeting symptom assessment and management. |
URL | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27454900 |
DOI | 10.1089/jpm.2015.0391 |
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Alternate Journal | J Palliat Med |
Citation Key | 8569 |
PubMed ID | 27454900 |
PubMed Central ID | PMC5065036 |
Grant List | P30 AG024968 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States P30 AG043073 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States R01 NR013372 / NR / NINR NIH HHS / United States |