The relationship between lifecourse traumatic events and pain in an older rural South African population: A cross-sectional study
TEs were associated with pain even within a rural resource-limited setting where trauma experiences were extremely common. However, associations varied by TE type and sex. Interventions to prevent pain in older adults need to be targeted to block specific mechanisms that vary within even at-risk populations.
Authors
- Collin Payne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3061-1609)
- Stephen Tollman
- Ting Ting Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1695-5835)
- Sumaya Mall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8430-368X)
- Guy Harling (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6604-491X)
Institutions
- Australian National University (AU)
- National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (TW)
- University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
- Harvard University Press (US)
- Taipei Veterans General Hospital (TW)
- Agincourt Health and Socio-Demographic Surveillance System (ZA)
- Indepth Network (GH)
- Africa Health Research Institute (ZA)
- University College London (GB)
- University of KwaZulu-Natal (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2024-12-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313140
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.64
Funders
- Wellcome Trust
- South African Medical Research Council
- National Institutes of Health
- Medical Research Council