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Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2021 Aug 28;225(5):568.e1–568.e11. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2021.08.038

Table 4.

Multivariate model persistent pelvic pain 6 months after hysterectomy

Effect and 95%
Confidence Interval
p-value
Logistic model; Response: Persistent Pain; Effect: Odds Ratio
   Fibromyalgia Survey Score 1.27 (1.03, 1.58) 0.026
   Age (years) .94 (0.83, 1.06) 0.33
   Endometriosis at time of surgery, yes 1.76 (0.30, 10.51) 0.54
   Fibroids on pathology 4.48 (0.58, 34.5) 0.15
   Anxiety prior to hysterectomy 0.34 (0.02, 5.06) 0.43
   Depression prior to hysterectomy 0.43 (0.01, 12.67) 0.63
   Average pelvic pain in 3-months prior to hysterectomy (0-10 NRS) 1.12 (0.99, 1.83) 0.65
Linear model; Response: Change in Pain (continuous); Effect: mean difference per unit change in the explanatory variable
   Fibromyalgia Survey Score −0.12 (−0.20,−0.04) 0.004
   Age (years) 0.02 (−0.01,0.05) 0.25
   Endometriosis at time of surgery, yes −0.34 (−1.10,0.41) 0.37
   Fibroids on pathology −0.39 (−1.00,0.23) 0.22
   Anxiety prior to hysterectomy 0.96 (0.10,1.82) 0.03
   Depression prior to hysterectomy 0.34 (−1.00,1.68) 0.62
   Average pelvic pain in 3-months prior to hysterectomy (0-10 NRS) 0.89 (0.71,1.07) <0.001
Linear mixed longitudinal model with Gaussian subject-specific intercept; Response: Longitudinal Pain (continuous); Effect: mean difference per unit change in the respective variable
   Fibromyalgia Survey Score 0.05 (−0.008,0.10) 0.099
   Age (years) −0.02 (−0.04,0.008) 0.20
   Endometriosis at time of surgery, yes 0.096 (−0.45,0.64) 0.73
   Fibroids on pathology 0.003 (−0.43,0.43) 0.99
   Anxiety prior to hysterectomy 0.14 (−0.42,0.69) 0.63
   Depression prior to hysterectomy −0.67 (−1.59,0.25) 0.16
   Average pelvic pain in 3-months prior to hysterectomy (0-10 NRS) 0.39 (0.27,0.51) <0.001
   Time 1 month vs. baseline −2.52 (−2.98,−2.06) <0.001
   Time 3 months vs. baseline −4.29 (−4.77,−3.81) <0.001
   Time 6 month vs. baseline −4.54 (−5.01,−4.06) <0.001