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1. P.424 Prolonged use of central nervous system depressant medication and cognitive function are associated with experienced pain among older adults.

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Bjelkarøy, M.T., Cheng, S., Siddiqui, T., Grambaite, R., Kristoffersen, E.S., and Lundqvist, C.

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*CENTRAL nervous system depressants, *OLDER people, *COGNITIVE ability, *BENZODIAZEPINES, *DRUGS
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B Background: b Medication misuse in the older population is common and may lead to adverse events and increased health-related costs. B Results: b The mean value of pain intensity VAS was 35 mm (95% CI 29-41 mm)for patients that had prolonged use of CNSD and 18 mm (95% CI 14-22 mm) for patients that did not use CNSDs. [Extracted from the article]

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2020
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2. P.030 Loneliness and dependence on central nervous system depressant drugs in older patients.

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Cheng, S., Siddiqui, T.G., Gossop, M., Kristoffersen, E.S., and Lundqvist, C.

Subjects
*CENTRAL nervous system depressants, *OLDER patients, *LONELINESS, *BENZODIAZEPINES
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B Background: b Loneliness has been proven to be associated with diverse negative consequences, especially mental health issues such as emotional distress, pain, alcohol abuse, and worse cognitive function. The mean scores of overall loneliness for patients with dependence (mean 2.54, SD 1.87) were significantly higher, compared with those without dependence (mean 1.06, SD 1.68), p=0.01. No conflict of interest Reference 1 S. Cheng, T.G. Siddiqui, M. Gossop, E.S. Kristoffersen, C. Lundqvist, The severity of dependence scale detects medication misuse and dependence among hospitalized older patients. [Extracted from the article]

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2020
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