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A strong relationship between psychosocial factors
and presence of pain was observed, regardless of location. The
socio-economic factors like female sex and high age were positively and
negatively linked with severe pain at different body sites.
A study carried recently
found that psychosocial factors are associated with pain presence in similar
ways irrespective of location and socio-demographic factors, differences
towards the magnitude and the direction in the association with pain frequency
and chronicity in different body sites emerged. Chronic and severe pain impacts
very adverse effects on health. If it left untreated, this might result in more
severe conditions such as anger, depression, and disability to function daily
routine activities. Therefore, it is essential to diagnose pain condition and
where its core location. Body location, where the pain starts to arise, is a
very crucial factor in articulation, perception, and underlying biological,
mental or social causes of pain. Therefore, scientists conducted a
cross-sectional survey to determine the relation of socio-demographic and
psychosocial factors with chronic pain prevalence among different body parts.
The study involved 15,474 Austrians participants that interviewed personally.
The age of the participants was of 15 years and older.
The prevalence of severe pain in any body part noticed was 38.6% and of chronic
pain was 24.9% after one year. About 8.1% of participants felt pain in at least
three body sites. The prevalence was higher among participants having
depression, of age 65 years or older, unemployed, retired, low education, and
in those who don't get social support. Further factors such as anxiety and
depression were shown a relation with all body parts pain prevalence and
chronicity during multivariate analyses. These kinds of association generally
found for female sex, higher age, lack of social support, unemployment and low
education. Moreover, the severity of pain in many body sites was related to
participants who born in non-EU or EFTA states.
Wien Klin Wochenschr. 2017 Jun 20
How are socio-demographic and psycho-social factors associated with the prevalence and chronicity of severe pain in 14 different body sites? A cross-sectional population-based survey
Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
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