Table 3.
Risk of forearm pain at follow up in relation to morbidities or attitudes to illness
| Assessment scores at baseline | Forearm pain at follow up
|
Relative risk (95% CI)* | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | ||
| General health questionnaire | |||
| 0 | 36 | 598 | 1.0 |
| 1-2 | 26 | 206 | 2.1 (1.2 to 3.4) |
| ⩾3 | 36 | 241 | 2.4 (1.5 to 3.8) |
| Somatic symptom scale | |||
| 0 | 52 | 677 | 1.0 |
| 1 | 30 | 237 | 1.7 (1.1 to 2.6) |
| 2-5 | 16 | 131 | 1.7 (0.95 to 3.0) |
| Illness attitude scales | |||
| Health anxiety: | |||
| 0-5 | 24 | 334 | 1.0 |
| 6-11 | 35 | 344 | 1.4 (0.8 to 2.3) |
| 12-44 | 39 | 367 | 1.4 (0.8 to 2.3) |
| Illness behaviour: | |||
| 0-3 | 12 | 348 | 1.0 |
| 4-7 | 33 | 356 | 2.4 (1.3 to 4.7) |
| 8-24 | 53 | 341 | 3.8 (2.0 to 7.1) |
*
Adjusted for sex and three age groups: 18-39, 40-59, ⩾60.