Table 3.
Bivariate associations of pain for each of the 3 most frequent sites (knee, lumbar spine, hip)
| Patients without paina (%) | Patients with paina (%) | 95 % CI | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | Lower | Upper | p value | |||
| frontal knee (N) | 223 | 74 | ||||
| male gender | 43.0 | 25.7 | 0.46 | 0.26 | 0.82 | 0.008 |
| age ≥80 years | 29.6 | 31.1 | 1.07 | 0.61 | 1.90 | 0.809 |
| 3+ pain sitesb | 1.76 | 3.07 | 5.49 | 3.12 | 9.66 | <0.001 |
| 11+ health problemsb | 11.0 | 13.2 | 3.51 | 1.97 | 6.25 | <0.001 |
| poor subjective health | 34.1 | 52.7 | 2.16 | 1.26 | 3.68 | 0.005 |
| p.w. bADL | 40.4 | 74.3 | 4.28 | 2.38 | 7.69 | <0.001 |
| p.w. iADL | 10.3 | 31.1 | 3.92 | 2.04 | 7.55 | <0.001 |
| p.w. daily tasks | 19.3 | 33.8 | 2.14 | 1.19 | 3.84 | 0.01 |
| p.w.home environment | 10.3 | 25.7 | 3.00 | 1.53 | 5.91 | 0.001 |
| sleep disorder | 33.2 | 47.3 | 1.81 | 1.06 | 3.09 | 0.03 |
| depressed mood | 28.7 | 44.6 | 2.00 | 1.16 | 3.44 | 0.01 |
| fractures | 22.4 | 20.3 | 0.88 | 0.46 | 1.68 | 0.70 |
| falls | 2.2 | 4.1 | 1.84 | 0.43 | 7.90 | 0.40 |
| not enough exercise | 29.6 | 37.8 | 1.45 | 0.84 | 2.51 | 0.19 |
| lumbar spine (N) | 224 | 73 | ||||
| male gender | 38.4 | 39.7 | 1.06 | 0.62 | 1.82 | 0.839 |
| age ≥80 years | 29.5 | 31.5 | 1.10 | 0.62 | 1.95 | 0.741 |
| 3+ pain sitesb | 1.44 | 3.26 | 4.11 | 2.36 | 7.18 | <0.001 |
| 11+ health problemsb | 10.5 | 13.3 | 2.09 | 1.21 | 3.60 | <0.001 |
| poor subjective health | 33.5 | 54.8 | 2.41 | 1.41 | 4.12 | 0.001 |
| p.w. bADL | 46.0 | 57.5 | 1.59 | 0.93 | 2.71 | 0.09 |
| p.w. iADL | 12.5 | 24.7 | 2.29 | 1.18 | 4.45 | 0.01 |
| p.w. daily tasks | 17.9 | 34.4 | 2.86 | 1.60 | 5.13 | <0.001 |
| p.w. home environment | 12.1 | 20.5 | 1.89 | 0.94 | 2.78 | 0.07 |
| sleep disorder | 30.8 | 54.8 | 2.72 | 1.59 | 4.68 | <0.001 |
| depressed mood | 30.4 | 39.7 | 1.51 | 0.87 | 2.62 | 0.14 |
| fractures | 21.4 | 23.3 | 1.11 | 0.59 | 2.09 | 0.74 |
| falls | 2.7 | 2.7 | 1.02 | 0.20 | 5.19 | 0.98 |
| not enough exercise | 27.7 | 43.8 | 2.04 | 1.18 | 3.53 | 0.01 |
| frontal hip (N) | 267 | 30 | ||||
| male gender | 39.0 | 36.7 | 0.91 | 0.42 | 1.98 | 0.808 |
| age ≥80 years | 31.1 | 20.0 | 0.55 | 0.22 | 1.41 | 0.209 |
| 3+ pain sitesb | 1.50 | 3.12 | 3.99 | 1.83 | 8.68 | 0.001 |
| 11+ health problemsb | 10.7 | 13.0 | 2.94 | 1.27 | 6.84 | 0.014 |
| poor subjective health | 37.1 | 53.3 | 1.94 | 0.91 | 4.14 | 0.087 |
| p.w. bADL | 46.4 | 70.0 | 2.69 | 1.19 | 6.09 | 0.01 |
| p.w. iADL | 14.6 | 23.3 | 1.78 | 0.72 | 4.43 | 0.21 |
| p.w. daily tasks | 21.0 | 40.0 | 2.51 | 1.14 | 5.52 | 0.02 |
| p.w. home environment | 13.5 | 20.0 | 1.60 | 0.61 | 4.19 | 0.33 |
| sleep disorder | 35.6 | 46.7 | 1.58 | 0.74 | 3.39 | 0.23 |
| depressed mood | 31.1 | 46.7 | 1.94 | 0.91 | 4.16 | 0.08 |
| fractures | 21.3 | 26.7 | 1.34 | 0.57 | 3.17 | 0.50 |
| falls | 2.2 | 6.7 | 3.12 | 0.60 | 16.13 | 0.16 |
| not enough exercise | 29.6 | 50.0 | 2.38 | 1.11 | 5.10 | 0.02 |
±14 parameters assessed as part of the comprehensive geriatric assessment that we hypothesized may have an association with pain
a at particular location (knee or lumbar spine or hip)
b 31 % of all patients had 3 or more pain sites, 51 % of all patients hat 11 or more health problems
p.w. problem with, OR Odds ratio for dichotomous predictor (present/absent), CI confidence interval