Global Project Focuses on Chronic Pain and The Brain
ENIGMA-Chronic Pain is a global project aimed at understanding how chronic pain affects the brain. Researchers from different countries, including Yenisel Cruz-Almeida and Pedro Valdes-Hernandez from PRICE, collaborated and shared their brain imaging data. They used advanced techniques like MRI to look at brain structures and activities in people with chronic pain.
The project plans to include more diverse populations and chronic pain conditions to get a broader understanding as well as explore how treatments can reverse brain changes associated with chronic pain.
Check out more on ENIGMA-Chronic Pain at PAIN here.
New Study Investigates Dementia in Black Older Adults
A new study focuses on pain experiences in black older adults who have dementia and their caregivers. It aims to understand if missing pain reports happen randomly or if certain factors influence the missing data.
The article, “Missing at Random or Not?: Evidence on Pain in Black Older Adults With Dementia and Their Caregivers”, found that that missing pain reports were not random. Certain characteristics, such as the severity of dementia or caregiver stress levels, sometimes led to missing pain data.
The results suggest that targeted interventions are needed to help caregivers better assess and report pain in older adults with dementia. This could improve pain management and overall care quality for this population.
The article, which has been co-authored by Star Booker, has been published in Research in Gerontological Nursing!
Access it here!