METHODS: Therefore, 173 consecutive patients with pain were classified in the second week of inpatient geriatric treatment according to the MPSS. For validation, the questions from the \"Pain interview for geriatric patients\" (SgP) were used. In addition, the MPSS was compared with the personal history of the duration of the main pain.
RESULTS: With the exception of the questions on medication intake, the items in the MPSS could be collected predominantly by self-assessment. Even with current analgesic therapy, MPSS has significant correlations with sensory, affective, and emotional dimensions of pain from the SgP. The data on duration correlated with only one category of MPSS (spatial aspects of pain).
CONCLUSIONS: MPSS can be used in multi-morbid and functionally impaired elderly patients undergoing inpatient treatment. Chronification features are more pronounced at higher stages than at lower levels. Only one category of the MPSS cannot be collected by self-assessment. The possibilities of prognosis estimation and resource control using the MPSS should be further investigated for these patients.