title: [Pain in the elderly: prevalence and associated factors].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the prevalence and the factors associated with pain in the Mexican elderly.
  
  
  METHODS
  Persons ages 50 years or older answered the question: "Do you often suffer physical pain?" Prevalences were obtained, after which multivariate analyses were conducted for the entire sample and for each age group to determine the associated factors.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Pain prevalence was 41.5%, more frequent in women (48.3% vs. 33.6%) and increased with age. There was a lower prevalence for persons with more education. Pain was directly associated with the report of arthritis, lung disease, falls, hypertension, depression, stroke, cancer history and problems with activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Pain is a common problem among elderly and is associated with some comorbidities.
authors.affiliation: Clínica de Evaluación Geriátrica, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, México.
authors.forename: Abel Jesús
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Barragán-Berlanga
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mejía-Arango
authors.forename: Luis Miguel
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez-Robledo
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D004493:Education; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010146:Pain / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires