[Influence of the corona pandemic on pain patients : Which impacts of the pandemic on their care do patients with chronic pain experience?].

Background: Diseases caused by the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) have led to a pandemic in a very dynamic manner. The epidemiological situation of national importance required infection control measures with the aim of reducing morbidity and mortality. An overburdening of the healthcare system should be avoided.

[Pain in old age].

The prevalence of chronic pain increases with increasing age. Multimorbidity increases the risk of disease-related pain. Addressing the problem of pain in higher age is concerned with an increasing problem of care.