• Samira Beiranvand, Hadis Ashrafizadeh, and Parisa Sheini-Jaberi.
• Nursing Department, Nursing and Midwifery School, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
• Pain Manag Nurs. 2023 Apr 1; 24 (2): 130137130-137.

Background AimConsidering the importance of pain acceptance in adjusting to chronic pain among diabetic patients, this study was conducted to determine the relationship between the empowerment scale and the level of chronic pain acceptance among the elderly with diabetes and the resulting limitations.MethodThis is a descriptive-analytical study on 250 older patients (65 years and older) with diabetes. The samples were selected through random convenience sampling, performed during 2019 to 2020 in the health centers of Ahvaz, Iran. The data were collected using the demographic information checklist and standard questionnaires including chronic pain acceptance questionnaire (CPAQ), the scale of chronic pain-related limitations, and the diabetes empowerment scale-short form (DES-SF). The data were analyzed using SPSS V24.ResultsThe majority of the samples were male (56%) and the mean age of the participants was 70.96 ± 8.95 years. The results showed that the mean and standard deviation were reported to be 20.04 ± 4.63 for pain acceptance, 46.16 ± 10.85 for chronic pain-related limitations, and 27.24 ± 9.65 for the empowerment scale. According to regression coefficients, the mean score of empowerments of patients with diabetes has no significant relationship with pain acceptance (p = .199, b = -0.327) and pain-related limitations (p = .925, b = 0.004).ConclusionsBased on the results of this study, the level of empowerment, pain acceptance, and pain-related limitations in the older patients with diabetes was moderate and there was no significant relationship between them. Identifying vulnerable groups in the field of chronic pain and preventive, educational and therapeutic interventions will help increase patients' self-care capacity and reduce the limitations and the disability caused by pain.Copyright © 2022 American Society for Pain Management Nursing. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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