Table 4.
Associations with multi-site pain (≥2 anatomical sites)
| Risk factor |
Multi-site pain in past year |
|
Multi-site pain in past month |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | a OR (95% CI) | b OR (95% CI) | n | a OR (95% CI) | b OR (95% CI) | |
|
Age groups |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 23–29 |
25 |
1 |
1 |
14 |
1 |
1 |
| 30–39 |
42 |
1.2 (0.5-2.5) |
1.3 (0.6-2.8) |
27 |
1.4 (0.6-3.0) |
1.3 (0.6-3.0) |
| 40–49 |
34 |
2.0 (0.8-4.4) |
1.9 (0.8-4.8) |
24 |
2.3 (1.0-5.2) |
2.2 (0.9-5.4) |
| 50–59 |
32 |
4.2 (1.7-11.3) |
6.3 (2.1-22.7) |
23 |
3.6 (1.5-8.6) |
3.7 (1.4-9.9) |
|
Self-rated health |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Good |
64 |
1 |
1 |
38 |
1 |
1 |
| Poor |
69 |
3.2 (1.8-5.9) |
1.5 (0.7-3.0) |
50 |
2.6 (1.5-4.6) |
1.6 (0.8-3.1) |
|
Number of distressing somatic symptoms |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 0 |
62 |
1 |
1 |
36 |
1 |
1 |
| 1 |
33 |
2.1 (1.0-4.3) |
1.7 (0.8-3.6) |
25 |
2.5 (1.2-5.0) |
2.0 (1.0-4.2) |
| ≥2 |
38 |
6.5 (2.7-18.2) |
7.3 (2.5-27.2) |
27 |
4.2 (2.0-8.9) |
3.1 (1.3-7.0) |
|
Emotional exhaustion |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Low |
14 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
1 |
1 |
| Medium |
90 |
1.9 (0.9-4.3) |
1.8 (0.8-4.5) |
57 |
1.4 (0.6-3.4) |
1.2 (0.5-2.8) |
| High |
24 |
3.6 (1.3-11.0) |
2.9 (0.9-10.5) |
18 |
2.7 (0.9-7.7) |
1.8 (0.6-5.6) |
|
Physical load |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Low |
72 |
1 |
1 |
47 |
1 |
1 |
| High | 60 | 1.8 (1.0-3.2) | 1.3 (0.7-2.6) | 40 | 1.7 (0.9-3.0) | 1.2 (0.7-2.3) |
a Without adjustment.
bAdjusted for all risk factors in the table.