Pain and high-impact pain in community-dwelling older adults in Australia and relation to sociodemographic and health-related factors, including physical disability, psychological distress, and quality of life

Bodily pain sufficient to interfere with daily life affects around one-in-eight older community-dwelling participants. People of lower socioeconomic position and those with health problems, particularly physical disability, are more likely to experience high-impact pain. Among those experiencing high-impact pain, around half have severely reduced physical functioning or high psychological distress, and a quarter report poor/fair QoL.