Prevalence of Chronic Pain in a Representative Sample in the United States
| Autor: | Jochen Hardt, Ralf Nickel, Jack Goldberg, Dedra Buchwald, Clemma Jacobsen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Abdominal pain medicine.medical_specialty National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Population Ethnic group Pain Risk Assessment Odds Risk Factors Prevalence Back pain Humans Medicine education education.field_of_study business.industry Chronic pain General Medicine medicine.disease United States Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Physical therapy Female Neurology (clinical) medicine.symptom business Foot (unit) |
| Zdroj: | Pain Medicine. 9:803-812 |
| ISSN: | 1526-4637 1526-2375 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2008.00425.x |
| Popis: | Objective. Chronic pain is a common reason for seeking medical care. We estimated the prevalence of chronic regional and widespread pain in the United States population overall, and by age, sex, and race/ethnicity. Setting. We examined the data from 10,291 respondents who participated in the 1999–2002 NHANES (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey) and completed a pain questionnaire. Items allowed classification of chronic (≥3 months) pain as regional or widespread. We used regression models to test the association of sex and race/ethnicity with each pain outcome, adjusting for age. Results. Chronic pain prevalence estimates were 10.1% for back pain, 7.1% for pain in the legs/feet, 4.1% for pain in the arms/hands, and 3.5% for headache. Chronic regional and widespread pain were reported by 11.0% and 3.6% of respondents, respectively. Women had higher odds than men for headache, abdominal pain, and chronic widespread pain. Mexican-Americans had lower odds compared with non-Hispanic whites and blacks for chronic back pain, legs/feet pain, arms/hands pain, and regional and widespread pain. Conclusion. The population prevalence of chronic pain in the United States was lower than previously reported, with smaller sex-related differences and some variation by race/ethnicity. |
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