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                                                                <journal-id>gbd</journal-id>
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                                                                                    <journal-title>Geriatrik Bilimler Dergisi</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2636-8315</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Geriatrik Bilimler Derneği</publisher-name>
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                                                            <subject>Clinical Sciences</subject>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="tr">
                                                            <subject>Klinik Tıp Bilimleri</subject>
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                                    <trans-title>Geriatrik Olgularda Ağrı Prevalansı ve Dağılımı</trans-title>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                <article-title>Prevalance and Distribution of Pain in Geriatric Patients</article-title>
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                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Kalan</surname>
                                    <given-names>Ugur</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Ermenek State Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Karaman, Turkey</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Arık</surname>
                                    <given-names>Ferhat</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Tomarza Yasar Karayel State Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey.</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20181231">
                    <day>12</day>
                    <month>31</month>
                    <year>2018</year>
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                                        <volume>1</volume>
                                        <issue>3</issue>
                                        <fpage>79</fpage>
                                        <lpage>85</lpage>
                        
                        <history>
                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20181127">
                        <day>11</day>
                        <month>27</month>
                        <year>2018</year>
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                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20181231">
                        <day>12</day>
                        <month>31</month>
                        <year>2018</year>
                    </date>
                            </history>
                                        <permissions>
                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2018, Geriatrik Bilimler Dergisi</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2018</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Geriatrik Bilimler Dergisi</copyright-holder>
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                            <p>Amaç: Yaşlı erişkinnüfusu arttıkça, yaşa bağlı olarak kronik hastalıklar artmaktadır. Kronik ağrıyaşlı erişkinlerde sık görülen bir sağlık problemidir. Ağrı, aile üyeleri veklinisyenler tarafından yaşlanma sürecinin bir parçası olarak görüldüğü içintedavi edilmemekte veya yetersiz tedavi edilmektedir. Çalışmamızın amacı, yaşlıerişkinlerde ağrı prevelansını ve vücut bölgelerine göre ağrı oranlarınıdeğerlendirmektir.Gereç veYöntemler: Çalışmamız kesitsel olup, Geriatri Kliniğine başvuran 1078 hasta ileyapılmıştır. Hastalar; ağrı, ağrının yeri, cinsiyet, vücut kitle indeksi,eğitim durumu, medeni hal, yaşama ortamı ve kullandıkları ilaç sayısına göresınıflandırıldı. Elde edilen verilerden ağrı prevelansı ve ağrının dağılımıhesaplandı.Bulgular: Çalışmaya dahiledilen hastaların yaş ortalaması 73,65±8,05 yıldı. Hastaların %70’inde (n=750)ağrı vardı. Erkek katılımcılarda ağrı sıklığı %45,6 (n=131) iken kadınlarda %78(n=619) olarak hesaplandı (p&amp;lt;0.001). Tüm hastalar incelediğinde, en sıkağrıyan bölgeler; diz (%25,8), yaygın (%24,1) ve bel ağrısı (%16,1) olaraktespit edildi. En sık ağrı kadınlarda yaygın ağrı (%26,6) iken erkeklerde dizağrısı (%30,4) olarak tespit edildi.Sonuç: Geriatrikhastalarda ağrı oldukça sık görülmektedir. Çalışmamızda kadınlarda, erkekleregöre ağrı daha fazla görüldü. En sık ağrı hissedilen üç bölge; kadınlardayaygın, diz ve bel ağrısı; erkeklerde diz, bel ve karın ağrısıdır. Hayatkalitesinde azalma, kognitif fonksiyonlarda bozulma, yürüme ve dengeproblemleri, düşme, uyku bozukluğu ve ölüme neden olabileceğinden ağrınındeğerlendirilmesi ve yeterli tedavi edilmesi önem taşımaktadır.</p></trans-abstract>
                                                                                                                                    <abstract><p>Aim: As older adultpopulation increases, chronic diseases are increasing depending on agedramatically. Chronic pain is a common health problem in older adults.Furthermore, pain is not treated or under-treated because it is seen as part ofthe aging process by family members and clinicians. The aim of our study was toevaluate the prevalence of pain in older adults and pain rates according tobody regions.Material and Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out with 1078 patients whoadmitted to Geriatric Clinic. Patients were classified as pain, pain location,gender, body mass index, educational status, marital status, who they live withand the number of drugs they used . Pain prevalence and pain distribution werecalculated from the data obtained. Results: The mean age of thepatients in the study was 73.65±8.05 years. 70% (n = 750) of the patients hadpain experience. The prevalence of pain in male participants was 45.6% (n =131) and 78% in women (n = 619) (p &amp;lt;0.001). When all patients were analyzed,the most common pain sites are; knee (25.8%), widespread (24.1%) and low backpain (16.1%). The most common pain was widespread pain in women (26.6%) andknee pain in men (30.4%).Conclusion: Pain is frequentlyseen in geriatric patients. In our study, pain was more common in females thanmales. The three most common pain sites were; widespread, knee and low backpain in women; knee, low back pain and abdominal pain in men. It is importantto evaluate the pain and to treat it adequately as it can cause a decrease inquality of life, impairment of cognitive functions, gait and balance problems,falling, sleep disorder and death.</p></abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Localization</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Pain</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Prevalence</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Sociodemographic</kwd>
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                                                    <kwd>Ağrı</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  lokalizasyon</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  prevelans</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  sosyodemografik</kwd>
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