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Table 3 Bivariate associations of pain for each of the 3 most frequent sites (knee, lumbar spine, hip)

From: A geriatric assessment in general practice: prevalence, location, impact and doctor-patient perceptions of pain

 

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

  1. ±14 parameters assessed as part of the comprehensive geriatric assessment that we hypothesized may have an association with pain
  2. a at particular location (knee or lumbar spine or hip)
  3. b 31 % of all patients had 3 or more pain sites, 51 % of all patients hat 11 or more health problems
  4. p.w. problem with, OR Odds ratio for dichotomous predictor (present/absent), CI confidence interval
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