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Evaluation and Management of Frailty, and Its Association With Pain

노쇠의 평가와 관리, 그리고 통증과의 연관성

  • Kang Joon Lee (Department of Psychiatry, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine)
  • 이강준 (인제대학교 의과대학 일산백병원 정신건강의학교실)
  • Received : 2024.05.14
  • Accepted : 2024.06.10
  • Published : 2024.06.30
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Abstract

Frailty is a clinical syndrome as an increased vulnerability to stressors, leading to a decrease in physiologic reserves and a decline in the ability to maintain a good homeostasis. This condition leads to an increased risk of hospitalization, disability and mortality. Frailty occurs due to various causes and requires a multidimensional approach. It is also important to detect and manage it early. Frailty is also deeply related to neuropsychiatric problems such as pain and depression. In evaluating frailty, it is desirable to comprehensively consider not only physical areas such as disease, nutrition, movement, and sensory functions, but also psychosocial areas, and representative scales include Fried's physical frailty phenotype and Rockwood's frailty index. Physical activity and appropriate protein intake are important for frailty management, and inappropriate drug use should be reduced and oral care, cognitive function, and falls should also be noted. Frailty and pain can affect each other, and pain can promote frailty. Evidence has been published that hormone and protein abnormalities, immune system activity and inflammatory response, and epigenetic mechanisms work in common in the field of frailty and pain. More extensive and high-quality research should be conducted in the future, and the quality of life will be improved if the results are applied to the suppression and treatment of old age and pain.

노쇠는 스트레스 요인에 대한 취약성이 증가하여 생리적인 예비능력이 감소되고 항상성을 유지하는 능력이 저하되는 증후군으로 입원, 장애 및 사망의 위험을 증가시킨다. 노쇠는 다양한 원인에 의해 발생하며 다차원적인 접근이 필요하고 조기에 발견해서 관리하는 것이 중요하다. 노쇠는 통증이나 우울증과 같은 신경정신과적 문제와도 깊은 관련이 있다. 노쇠를 평가하는데 있어서 질병, 영양, 움직임, 감각기능 등의 신체적 영역뿐만 아니라 심리사회적인 영역까지 포괄적으로 고려하는 것이 바람직하며, 대표적인 척도로 Fried의 신체적 노쇠 기준과 Rockwood의 노쇠 척도를 들 수 있다. 노쇠 관리를 위해서는 신체적 활동과 적절한 단백질 섭취가 중요하며, 부적절한 약물 사용을 줄이고 구강관리, 인지기능, 낙상에도 유의해야한다. 노쇠와 통증은 서로 영향을 미칠 수 있으며 통증이 노쇠를 촉진시킬 수 있다. 노쇠와 통증 연구 분야에서 호르몬과 단백질의 이상, 면역체계 활성과 염증반응, 그리고 후성 유전학의 기전이 공통적으로 작용하고 있다는 증거들이 발표되고 있다. 향후 좀 더 광범위하고 수준 높은 연구가 이루어져야 할 것이며, 그 결과를 노쇠와 통증의 억제와 치료에 적용한다면 삶의 질이 높아질 것이다.

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