TABLE 1.
One-month and lifetime prevalence of the source of self-reported pain in nine- to 13-year-old school children (n=495) according to sex
| One-month prevalence
|
Lifetime prevalence
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys (n=232) | Girls (n=261) | Total (n=495) | Boys (n=232) | Girls (n=261) | Total (n=495) | |
| Pain item | Prevalence (SE) | |||||
| Headache | 75.0 (3.3) | 79.7 (2.8) | 77.5 (2.1) | 96.6 (1.2) | 98.5 (0.7) | 97.6 (0.7) |
| Sore muscles | 72.4 (3.4) | 74.3 (3.1) | 73.4 (2.3) | 90.9 (2.0) | 90.8 (1.9) | 90.9 (1.4) |
| Sliver | 49.6 (4.7) | 39.8 (4.8)* | 44.4 (3.4) | 97.4 (1.1) | 97.3 (1.0) | 97.4 (0.7) |
| Earache | 18.1 (5.9) | 28.4 (5.2)* | 23.5 (3.9) | 79.3 (3.0) | 84.3 (2.5) | 81.9 (1.9) |
| Toothache | 38.3 (5.2) | 50.2 (4.4)* | 44.6 (3.4) | 81.9 (2.8) | 81.6 (2.7) | 81.7 (1.9) |
| Bee sting | 7.8 (6.3) | 10.3 (5.8) | 9.1 (4.3) | 85.8 (2.5) | 75.1 (3.1)* | 80.1 (2.0) |
| Injection | 10.8 (6.2) | 11.1 (5.8) | 11.0 (4.3) | 91.8 (1.9) | 89.3 (2.0) | 90.5 (1.4) |
| Stitches | 2.2 (6.6) | 1.9 (6.1) | 2.0 (4.4) | 34.9 (5.3) | 22.2 (5.5)* | 28.2 (3.8) |
| Menstrual cramps | – | 19.2 (5.6) | 19.2 (5.6) | – | 26.4 (5.3) | 26.4 (5.3) |
| Broken bone | 1.7 (6.5) | 5.4 (6.0) | 3.7 (4.4) | 22.0 (5.8) | 24.5 (5.4) | 23.3 (3.9) |
| Burn | 30.6 (5.5) | 41.4 (4.7)* | 36.3 (3.6) | 88.8 (2.2) | 90.0 (2.0) | 89.5 (1.5) |
| Serious accident/injury | 8.2 (6.3) | 10.3 (5.8) | 9.3 (4.3) | 59.1 (4.2) | 48.3 (4.5)* | 53.3 (3.1) |
| Overnight in hospital | 3.0 (6.4) | 2.3 (6.1) | 2.6 (4.4) | 27.6 (5.6) | 23.0 (5.4) | 25.2 (3.9) |
*
Significant difference with regard to sex; P<0.05