Chronic pain can compromise sleep and quality of life in the older.

Background: Age-related changes often disrupt sleep patterns, impacting overall health and quality of life, potentially leading to various health issues and societal challenges due to associated comorbidities and sleep deficiencies. Aim: Test the association of chronic pain with the quality of sleep and health-related quality of life of older. Methods: Clinical, anthropometric data, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; Visual analogue scale; cognitive impairment; World Health Organization Quality of Life-OLD and functional mobility was verified. The means between the groups were compared using the Student's t test for independent samples, Spearman correlation coefficient (ρ) to test the associations and one-way analysis of variance to compare the means between the three age groups. Results: Were involved 131 older, predominantly female (87%), average age 68 ± 7 years. There was a moderate (ρ = 0.590) and significant (p <0.01) positive correlation between Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index scores and chronic pain intensity and a negative moderate (ρ = - 0.57) and significant (p <0.01) correlation between quality of life and chronic pain.