comorbidity and qualitative Archives

Abstract Number: 1936 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Ageism, Fear, and Competing Co-Morbidities – Why Older Patients May Not Seek Care for Restricting Back Pain: A Qualitative Study
Una Makris^1,2, Robin Higashi³, Emily Marks³, Liana Fraenkel⁴, Joanna Sale⁵ and CM Reid⁶, ¹Rheumatology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, UT, ²Rheumatology, Dallas VA Medical Ctr, Dallas, TX, ³Clinical Sciences, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ⁴Rheumatology, Yale University School of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare Systems, New Haven, CT, ⁵Healthy Policy, Management, and Evaluation; Mobility Program Clinical Research Unit, University of Toronto, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Geriatrics, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York City, NY
Background/Purpose: Back pain is highly prevalent among older adults and often undertreated. The reasons for this gap in care are poorly understood, especially in older…

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