Population aging is a global phenomenon and it has been happening at an accelerated pace. Estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) indicate that in 2050 the elderly will be over 1.5 billion in the world and accounted for 20% of the world's population. According to IBGE, in 2020, approximately 15% of the Brazilian population will be elderly. Faced with this new scenario, some challenges are required. Since the prevalence of chronic health problems will be higher. Among these problems, there are several pathologies related to Chronic Pain. By definition, such a disease is defined as a pain that persists for more than 3 months. In the city of Belém, there is still no study to evaluate the epidemiological profile of patients with chronic pain. For this reason, this study aimed to evaluate Chronic Pain and its repercussions in elderly patients attended at the University Hospital João de Barros Barretos. As well as the epidemiological profile of these patients and their correlation with quality of life. For this, four questionnaires were applied. A socio-demographic questionnaire, a questionnaire with the pain numerical scale and location of the pain sites. In addition, one questionnaire on quality of life, validated by WHO called WHOQOL-bref. The questionnaires were applied to 50 patients with Chronic Pain. The results were tabulated and a strong correlation was found between pain intensity and quality of life worsening in relation to the physical domain of these patients (p = 0.038) and a possible correlation with the patients' environmental domain (p = 0.088).
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