Relation between consulting a general practitioner during the past 12 months and predisposing, perceived need, and psychosocial factors in men and women with non-inflammatory chronic and non-chronic musculoskeletal pain estimated with odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) in multiple logistic regression analyses
| Chronic pain4-150(n=4967) | Non-chronic pain4-150(n=1014) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factor | Men (n=2150) | Women (n=2817) | Men (n=497) | Women (n=517) | |||||||||
| OR (95% CI) | p Value | OR (95% CI) | p Value | OR (95% CI) | p Value | OR (95% CI) | p Value | ||||||
| Predisposing | |||||||||||||
| Age | 0.003 | <0.001 | 0.008 | 0.005 | |||||||||
| 20–34 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||||||||
| 35–49 | 1.4 (1.1 to 1.7) | 1.4 (1.2 to 1.8) | 2.1 (1.3 to 3.4) | 1.4 (0.9 to 2.2) | |||||||||
| 50–64 | 1.1 (0.9 to 1.5) | 1.6 (1.2 to 2.0) | 1.2 (0.6 to 2.2) | 1.9 (1.0 to 3.5) | |||||||||
| 65–79 | 0.8 (0.6 to 1.2) | 1.2 (0.8 to 1.6) | 1.0 (0.4 to 2.7) | 0.4 (0.2 to 0.9) | |||||||||
| Education | 0.019 | 0.001 | 0.125 | 0.583 | |||||||||
| Elementary school | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||||||||
| College | 0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) | 0.8 (0.6 to 0.9) | 0.7 (0.4 to 1.2) | 0.8 (0.6 to 0.9) | |||||||||
| University | 0.9 (0.7 to 1.2) | 1.0 (0.8 to 1.2) | 1.0 (0.6 to 1.8) | 1.0 (0.8 to 1.2) | |||||||||
| Employment status | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.012 | 0.005 | |||||||||
| Working/student | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||||||||
| Homemaker | 0.6 (0.2 to 1.8) | 1.3 (1.0 to 1.7) | 2.2 (0.3 to 16.5) | 1.2 (0.7 to 2.0) | |||||||||
| Unemployed | 0.7 (0.5 to 1.0) | 1.1 (0.7 to 1.6) | 0.7 (0.3 to 1.7) | 0.4 (0.2 to 1.2) | |||||||||
| Pensioner4-151/sick leave | 2.2 (1.6 to 2.8) | 2.2 (1.7 to 2.8) | 3.0 (1.4 to 6.2) | 3.3 (1.5 to 7.0) | |||||||||
| Perceived need | |||||||||||||
| Pain intensity | |||||||||||||
| >Median | 2.5 (2.1 to 3.1) | <0.001 | 2.6 (2.1 to 3.1) | <0.001 | 2.2 (1.4 to 3.4) | 0.001 | 3.4 (2.0 to 5.7) | <0.001 | |||||
| Disability (MHAQ4-152) | |||||||||||||
| >Median | 1.3 (1.1 to 1.6) | 0.002 | 1.5 (1.3 to 1.8) | <0.001 | 1.4 (0.9 to 2.0) | 0.109 | 1.9 (1.3 to 2.9) | 0.001 | |||||
| Psychosocial | |||||||||||||
| Mental distress (SCL-54-152) | |||||||||||||
| >Median | 1.2 (1.0 to 1.4) | 0.041 | 1.3 (1.1 to 1.6) | <0.001 | 1.0 (0.7 to 1.5) | 0.834 | 1.3 (0.9 to 1.8) | 0.257 | |||||