Investigating the Link Between Chronic Pain and Mental Health in Geriatric Populations

This research was conducted with the aim of evaluating the efficacy of multimodal pain management approach on the elderly population of persons with chronic pain. In the identification of two hundred participants, the purposive sampling method of a tertiary care hospital was employed. The data was obtained by means of the structured questionnaire and discussed using SPSS. The results revealed that the larger percentage of those surveyed were men (52.5%) and were married (65%) and lived with their families (82.5%). Most of them were retired (70 percent) as well as those persons of varied educational attainment. There was physical therapy, psychological counseling and pharmacological treatment combined as the intervention technique that was used. Results indicated that there was a remarkable difference between pain intensity, physical functioning, and sleep quality during and after treatment through multimodal intervention. The findings point to the significance of uncontrolled modalities of treating chronic pain among the elderly to avoid depending only on medicines. The research contributes towards prior studies that prove the beneficial effects of integrated care regarding analgesia and general well-being. This method also has the capacity to lower the dependence as well as elevating the emotional health contented and quality of life. The practice is advised to be adapted by healthcare providers when dealing with elderly care in everyday practice. The next step of future investigation must lie in long-term implications and cost-effectiveness of such an approach and its application to varied clinic conditions.