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. 2023 Aug 29;24:685. doi: 10.1186/s12891-023-06794-z

Table 3.

Poisson regression analysis adjusted between use of health services and musculoskeletal pain during/after SARS-CoV-2 infection in individuals from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 2021 (n= 2,919)

Variable Cervical Upper limb Thoracic Lumbar Lower limbs Spinea Body regionsb
Prevalence Ratio (95%CI)
Primary Health Care 1.21 (0.98-1.50) 1.26 (1.02-1.53) 1.37 (1.09-1.73) 1.38 (1.13-1.67) 1.45 (1.21-1.75) 1.29 (1.09-1.52) 1.35 (1.16-1.58)
General Practitioner 1.18 (0.93-1.49) 0.97 (0.76-1.24) 1.02 (0.78-1.37) 1.12 (0.89-1.40) 1.27 (1.03-1.55) 1.08 (0.90-1.31) 1.05 (0.89-1.24)
Emergency Room 1.14 (0.58-2.25) 0.82 (0.41-1.67) 2.89 (1.64-5.11) 1.13 (0.59-2.16) 1.98 (1.17-3.35) 1.60 (0.96-2.63) 1.69 (1.05-2.73)
Emergency care unit 1.57 (1.13-2.16) 1.95 (1.46-2.60) 2.04 (1.47-2.84) 1.88 (1.40-2.53) 2.19 (1.66-2.87) 1.79 (1.38-2.32) 1.93 (1.50-2.48)
Specialist doctors 1.49 (1.17-1.90) 1.54 (1.23-1.94) 1.62 (1.24-2.13) 1.35 (1.07-1.72) 1.59 (1.29-2.00) 1.39 (1.14-1.69) 1.47 (1.22-1.76)
Specialized services 1.43 (1.15-1.79) 1.37 (1.11-1.70) 1.49 (1.16-1.92) 1.28 (1.03-1.60) 1.39 (1.14-1.70) 1.31 (1.09-1.57) 1.33 (1.12-1.56)
Pulmonologist 1.69 (1.14-2.51) 1.53 (1.04-2.26) 1.78 (1.13-2.80) 1.18 (0.77-1.81) 1.40 (0.96-2.04) 1.29 (0.92-1.81) 1.23 (0.90-1.69)
Cardiologist 1.46 (1.07-1.98) 1.46 (1.09-1.93) 1.88 (1.36-2.60) 1.45 (1.08-1.94) 1.73 (1.35-2.26) 1.52 (1.20-1.94) 1.66 (1.32-2.06)
Neurologist 2.26 (1.33-3.85) 2.40 (1.45-3.96) 2.57 (1.45-4.57) 2.07 (1.22-3.48) 3.01 (1.90-4.79) 2.06 (1.30-3.26) 2.20 (1.41-3.42)
Psychiatrist 1.47 (0.88-2.46) 1.69 (1.06-2.71) 1.71 (0.98-2.97) 1.62 (1.01-2.61) 1.54 (0.97-2.43) 1.66 (1.10-2.49) 1.60 (1.08-2.37)
Physiotherapist 1.41 (0.76-2.60) 1.50 (0.85-2.65) 1.71 (0.87-3.36) 0.86 (0.42-1.73) 1.05 (1.25-3.38) 1.09 (0.65-1.84) 1.30 (0.82-2.05)
Psychologist 1.49 (1.00-2.24) 1.23 (0.81-1.85) 1.70 (1.10-2.63) 1.42 (0.95-2.10) 1.34 (0.92-1.97) 1.36 (0.97-1.91) 1.25 (0.91-1.72)

Adjusted by: sex, age, race, education, marital status and income

Specialist doctors: pulmonologist, neurologist, cardiologist, and psychiatrist

Specialized services: pulmonologist, neurologist, cardiologist, psychiatrist, physiotherapist, psychologist, and speech therapist

aSpine: cervical, thoracic and lumbar

bBody regions: cervical, upper limb, thoracic, lumbar and lower limbs