University of Florida Resource Center for Minority Aging Research

项目概要 慢性疼痛可以说是美国最普遍且代价最高的公共卫生问题 国家，它们是全世界残疾的主要原因。虽然疼痛影响着整个人 在整个生命周期中，老年人受到的影响尤为严重，并且患慢性疼痛和慢性疼痛的风险尤其增加 与疼痛相关的残疾。令人惊讶的是，关于年龄背后的生物心理社会机制的知识 相关的疼痛增加仍然相当有限，因此，需要更多的研究来阐明社会和 行为对老年人疼痛和残疾的影响。这一领域取得进展的一个关键障碍 研究是受过适当的跨学科培训的研究人员有限的，无法解决以后的问题 生活痛苦和残疾。凭借强大的机构支持，佛罗里达大学 (UF) 资源中心 将建立少数族裔老龄化研究（RCMAR）来解决这些科学和劳动力发展问题 需要。 UF RCMAR 的教育目标是提供出色的培训和职业发展 为来自代表性不足背景的有前途的调查人员提供机会。 UF RCMAR 的研究 目标是进行创新且有影响力的跨学科社会和行为研究来解决疼痛问题 和老年人的残疾，包括晚年痛苦和残疾方面的健康差异（例如种族和民族） 差异、性别差异以及社会经济影响）。 UF RCMAR 将实现这些 通过四个核心的协同努力实现目标：行政核心（AC）、研究教育 组件 (REC)、分析核心 (AnC) 以及社区联络和招聘核心 (CLRC)。在 此外，用友 RCMAR 将受益于与其他用友实体的广泛合作，包括用友疼痛 卓越研究与干预中心 (PRICE)、佛罗里达大学衰老研究所 (IOA) 以及佛罗里达大学临床和 转化科学研究所（CTSI）。 UF RCMAR 拥有一支杰出的跨学科核心团队 拥有与我们的主题相关的临床和转化研究领域专业知识的教师 生物心理社会对老年人疼痛和残疾的影响。为了实现其目标， UF RCMAR 将招募并留住来自无代表性背景的优秀早期研究人员， 为他们提供出色的指导和职业发展支持。通过其研究活动，佛罗里达大学 RCMAR 将提供有关疼痛和疼痛的社会和行为因素的新颖且重要的信息。 老年人的残疾，并将开发和测试创新干预措施，以减少晚年生活的痛苦和残疾。

PROJECT SUMMARY Chronic pain conditions represent arguably the most prevalent and costly public health problem in the United States, and they are the leading cause of disability worldwide. While pain affects individuals throughout the lifespan, older adults are disproportionately impacted and are at particularly increased risk for chronic pain and pain-related disability. Surprisingly, knowledge regarding the biopsychosocial mechanisms underlying age- related increases in pain remains quite limited, therefore, increased research is needed to elucidate social and behavioral contributions to pain and disability among older adults. A critical barrier to progress in this area of research is the limited availability of investigators with appropriate interdisciplinary training in addressing later life pain and disability. With strong institutional support, the University of Florida (UF) Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) will be established to address these scientific and workforce development needs. The UF RCMAR has an educational objective to provide outstanding training and career development opportunities to promising investigators from underrepresented backgrounds. The UF RCMAR's research objective is to conduct innovative and impactful transdisciplinary social and behavioral research addressing pain and disability among older adults, including health disparities in later life pain and disability (e.g. racial and ethnic differences, sex and gender differences, and socioeconomic influences). The UF RCMAR will accomplish these objectives through the synergistic efforts of four Cores: an Administrative Core (AC), a Research Education Component (REC), an Analysis Core (AnC), and a Community Liaison and Recruitment Core (CLRC). In addition, the UF RCMAR will benefit from extensive collaborations with other UF entities, including The UF Pain Research & Intervention Center of Excellence (PRICE), the UF Institute on Aging (IOA), and the UF Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI). The UF RCMAR boasts an outstanding interdisciplinary group of Core Faculty with expertise spanning the spectrum of clinical and translational research related to our theme of biopsychosocial contributions to pain and disability among older adults. In order to accomplish its objectives, the UF RCMAR will recruit and retain outstanding early stage investigators from unrepresented backgrounds and provide them with excellent mentoring and career development support. Through its research activities, the UF RCMAR will produce novel and important information regarding social and behavioral contributors to pain and disability in older adults, and will develop and test innovative interventions to reduce later life pain and disability.