Socio-economic factors associated with the 1‑year prevalence of severe pain and pain-related sickness absence in the Austrian population
| Autor: | Ellenor Mittendorfer-Rutz, Thomas Dorner |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Low income
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Population Pain prevalence Socio-economic status Pain macromolecular substances Logistic regression Sickness absence 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Chronic mental diseases Absenteeism Prevalence Medicine Severe pain Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Occupations education Socioeconomic status Aged education.field_of_study business.industry General Medicine Odds ratio Middle Aged Chronic musculoskeletal diseases Occupational Diseases Socioeconomic Factors Austria Physical therapy Income Population study Original Article Female business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Demography |
| Zdroj: | Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift |
| ISSN: | 1613-7671 0043-5325 |
| Popis: | Summary Background The aim of this study was to (1) investigate the relation of socio-economic status (SES), measured as education, occupation, and income, with the 12-month prevalence of severe pain and with pain-related sickness absence, and (2) analyse to what extent sociodemographic and medical factors influence these associations. Methods The study population comprised 8084 subjects aged between 15 and 65 years from the Austrian Health Interview Survey in 2006/07. Associations of SES with the 1‑year prevalence of severe pain and sickness absence due to pain in those with severe pain was assessed with logistic regression analysis and adjusted for socio-demographic and chronic medical conditions. Results The 1‑year prevalence of severe pain was 33.7%. Among those with severe pain, 32.9% were on sickness absence due to pain. SES was significantly associated with the prevalence of severe pain and even more strongly with sickness absence due to pain. Stepwise adjustment for socio-demographics and medical factors had only marginal effects on these associations. Multivariate odds ratios (ORs) for severe pain were 1.14; 1.18 and 1.32 for low income, blue-collar workers, and low education, respectively. Related ORs for sickness absence due to pain were 1.52; 1.14 and 2.05. Conclusions There was an association between SES, particularly measured as educational level, and the prevalence of severe pain, which was even stronger with sickness absence due to pain. |
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