title: Expanding Targets for Intervention in Later Life Pain: What Role Can Patient Beliefs, Expectations, and Pleasant Activities Play?
abstract: Clinicians are often challenged to find targets for intervention in older adults with chronic pain. This article highlights 3 targets clinicians should consider when formulating their multimodal treatment plans to include older patients' attitudes and beliefs about pain and pain treatments, expectations regarding treatment outcomes, and pleasurable activity pursuits.
authors.affiliation: Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, 525 East 68th Street, #39, New York, NY 10065, USA. Electronic address: mcr2004@med.cornell.edu.
authors.forename: M Carrington
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Reid
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D007899:Leisure Activities; D059408:Pain Management / Q000379:methods*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction
keywords: Beliefs and attitudes; Patient expectations; Pleasant activity scheduling