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Pain and sleep: Abidirectional relationship

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ZEITSCHRIFT FUR GERONTOLOGIE UND GERIATRIE
Volume 51, Issue 8, Pages 871-874

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SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00391-018-01461-8

Keywords

Intractable pain; Sleep disorders; Geriatrics; Quality of life; Analgesics

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Disturbed sleep and persistent pain are common in old people. Persistent pain has awell proven impact on sleep but the relationship between both phenomena is bidirectional since disturbed sleep affects pain perception by lowering the pain threshold. An optimal disease management takes both phenomena into account.

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