Background:

With respect to importance of chronic pain acceptance role on coping with chronic pain in the elderly, the current study aimed to evaluate the association between chronic pain acceptance, life style with pain and restriction related chronic pain in the elderly.

Methods:

This study is a descriptive- analytical research in which 200 elderly patients with chronic pain were selected by multistage random sampling.  Chronic pain acceptance, life style with pain and restriction related chronic pain questionnaires were used for pain acceptance, life style with pain and restriction related chronic pain measurement respectively. Pearson correlation coefficient and linear regression by SPSS software (version 21) was conducted for data analysis.

Result:

There were positive significant relations between pain acceptances with life style with pain (P < 0.01, B=0/41), negative significant relations between pains acceptances with restriction related chronic pain (P < 0.01, B= - 0/15) respectively. Also the negative significant relations between life style with pain and restriction related chronic pain (P < 0.01, B= - 0/43) were obtained.

Conclusion:

The elderly with more pain acceptance had better life style with pain and lesser restriction. Moreover, in the elderly with better life style with pain, lesser restriction was observed. Thus application of acceptance oriented treatments for effective pain   management in the elderly will purpose.