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 regional and widespread musculoskeletal pain estimated with odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) in multiple logistic regression analyses
| Regional pain5-150(n=4105) | Widespread pain5-150(n=1876) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factor | Men (n=1948) | Women (n=2157) | Men (n=699) | Women (n=1177) | |||||||||
| OR (95% CI) | p Value | OR (95% CI) | p Value | OR (95% CI) | p Value | OR (95% CI) | p Value | ||||||
| Predisposing | |||||||||||||
| Age | <0.001 | 0.022 | 0.076 | 0.009 | |||||||||
| 20–34 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||||||||
| 35–49 | 1.4 (1.1 to 1.8) | 1.3 (1.0 to 1.6) | 1.8 (1.1 to 2.7) | 1.7 (1.1 to 2.3) | |||||||||
| 50–64 | 1.0 (0.8 to 1.4) | 1.4 (1.1 to 1.9) | 1.4 (0.9 to 2.3) | 1.6 (1.1 to 2.2) | |||||||||
| 65–79 | 0.7 (0.5 to 1.1) | 1.0 (0.7 to 1.5) | 1.2 (0.6 to 2.3) | 1.1 (0.7 to 1.8) | |||||||||
| Education | <0.001 | 0.189 | 0.576 | 0.020 | |||||||||
| Elementary school | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||||||||
| College | 0.6 (0.5 to 0.8) | 0.8 (0.6 to 1.0) | 1.2 (0.8 to 1.8) | 0.9 (0.6 to 1.2) | |||||||||
| University | 0.9 (0.7 to 1.1) | 0.9 (0.7 to 1.1) | 1.2 (0.8 to 1.7) | 1.3 (1.0 to 1.8) | |||||||||
| Employment status | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.002 | <0.001 | |||||||||
| Working/student | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||||||||
| Homemaker | 0.9 (0.3 to 2.7) | 1.2 (0.9 to 1.5) | 0.7 (0.1 to 4.2) | 1.5 (1.0 to 2.2) | |||||||||
| Unemployed | 0.8 (0.5 to 1.2) | 0.9 (0.6 to 1.3) | 0.6 (0.3 to 1.1) | 1.2 (0.6 to 2.5) | |||||||||
| Pensioner5-151/sick leave | 2.3 (1.7 to 3.2) | 1.9 (1.4 to 2.6) | 2.1 (1.3 to 3.2) | 2.7 (1.9 to 3.8) | |||||||||
| Perceived need | |||||||||||||
| Pain intensity | |||||||||||||
| >Median | 2.6 (2.1 to 3.3) | <0.001 | 2.3 (1.8 to 2.9) | <0.001 | 2.0 (1.4 to 2.9) | <0.001 | 3.1 (2.3 to 4.1) | <0.001 | |||||
| Disability (MHAQ5-152) | |||||||||||||
| >Median | 1.4 (1.2 to 1.7) | <0.001 | 1.5 (1.3 to 1.9) | <0.001 | 1.1 (0.8 to 1.5) | 0.710 | 1.5 (1.1 to 1.9) | 0.004 | |||||
| Psychosocial | |||||||||||||
| Mental distress (SCL-55-152) | |||||||||||||
| >Median | 1.1 (0.9 to 1.4) | 0.280 | 1.2 (1.0 to 1.5) | 0.019 | 1.2 (0.9 to 1.6) | 0.246 | 1.4 (1.1 to 1.8) | 0.016 | |||||