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Chronic Pain and Poor Self-rated Health
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CONTEXT: Chronic pain is common in Western societies. Self-rated health is an important indicator of morbidity and mortality, but little is known about the relation between chronic pain and self-rated health in the general population. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the association between chronic pain and self-rated health. DESIGN, SETTING, AND POPULATION: A questionnaire survey carried out during the spring of 2002 of an age- and sex-stratified population sample of 6500 individuals in Finland aged 15 to 74 years, with a response rate of 71% (N = 4542) after exclusion of those with unobtainable data (n = 38). Chronic pain was defined as pain with a duration of at least 3 months and was graded by frequency: (1) at most once a week; (2) several times a week; and (3) daily or continuously. On the basis of a 5-item questionnaire on self-rated health, individuals were classified as having good, moderate, or poor health. Multinominal logistic regression analysis was used to assess the determinants of health. Analysis included sex, age, education, working status, chronic diseases, and mood. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Perceived chronic pain graded by frequency and self-rated health status. RESULTS: The prevalence of any chronic pain was 35.1%; that of daily chronic pain, 14.3%. The prevalence of moderate self-rated health was 26.6% and of poor health, 7.6%. For moderate self-rated health among individuals having chronic pain at most once a week compared with individuals having no chronic pain, the adjusted odds were 1.36 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.05-1.76); several times a week, 2.41 (95% CI, 1.94-3.00); and daily, 3.69 (95% CI, 2.97-4.59). Odds for poor self-rated health were as follows: having chronic pain at most once a week, 1.16 (95% CI, 0.65-2.07); several times a week, 2.62 (95% CI, 1.76-3.90); and daily, 11.82 (95% CI, 8.67-16.10). CONCLUSION: Chronic pain is independently related to low self-rated health in the general population.
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“It is of great relevance to primary care that chronic pain is also associated with significant increase in morbidity and mortality [11, 12], with 20–50 % of chronic pain sufferers having co-morbid depression [9, 13, 14•].”
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“Consultations on pain account for 22 % of all primary care consultations [12], and pain is one of the main reasons for patients seeking contact with healthcare [18].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Mäntyselkä, P. T.
- Affiliations
- University of Eastern Finland (FI)
- Corresponding author
- Mäntyselkä, Pekka T.
- ORCID
- Mäntyselkä, Pekka T.
- Venue
- JAMA
- Publisher
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Published
- 2003-11-12
- Volume
- 290
- Issue
- 18
- Pages
- 2435
- ISSN
- 0002-9955 (ISSN-L)
- 0098-7484
- OpenAlex
- W2080600841
- Cited by
- 340
- References
- 22
- Citations by year
- 2026: 11 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 18 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 15 · 2017: 17 · 2016: 13 · 2015: 12 · 2014: 21 · 2013: 22 · 2012: 11
- FWCI
- 7.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- JAMA (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation › Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology (medical) › Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine › Pain Management and Opioid Use
- Keywords
- chronic pain, self-rated health, health perception, pain frequency, prevalence of chronic pain, general population, health status
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Chronic Disease, Female, Finland, Health Status, Health Surveys, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Pain, Surveys and Questionnaires
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