Prevalence and characteristics of chronic pain in the general Norwegian population
Prevalence and characteristics of chronic pain in the general Norwegian population
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DOI：
10.1016/j.ejpain.2004.02.002
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发表时间：
2004-12-01
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3.6
通讯作者：
Miaskowski, C
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作者：
Rustoen, T;Wahl, AK;Miaskowski, C
背景基于人口的研究表明，慢性疼痛的患病率正在增加。本研究的目的是确定慢性疼痛的患病率从一般挪威人口的样本。此外，慢性疼痛的特点，以及人口统计学特征和健康相关变量之间的差异与慢性疼痛和非慢性疼痛的人进行了评估。挪威统计局从国家登记册中随机抽取了总共4000名挪威公民，并邮寄了一封电子邮件。有效率为48.5%。样本中的大多数是女性（51%），已婚（59%），为工资工作（69%），平均年龄为45.2岁。总样本中慢性疼痛的患病率为24.4%，65%的慢性疼痛参与者表示他们经历了5年以上的慢性疼痛。57%的慢性疼痛参与者没有说明疼痛的原因，31%的参与者报告没有疼痛治疗。妇女、老年人、受教育程度较低的人和领取养老金的人更经常报告慢性疼痛。逻辑回归分析的结果表明，提供独特的贡献预测疼痛组成员的变量是：性别，教育，经常生病，或有慢性疾病。这些研究结果表明，慢性疼痛是一个重要的问题，在一般挪威人口，性别，教育，经常生病，或有慢性疾病是预测疼痛组成员的重要变量。(C)2004年，国际疼痛研究协会欧洲分会联合会。由爱思唯尔有限公司出版。保留所有权利。
Background. Population-based studies suggest that prevalence of chronic pain is increasing. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of chronic pain in a sample drawn from the general Norwegian population. In addition, the characteristics of chronic pain, as well as differences in demographic characteristics and health-related variables between persons with and without chronic pain were evaluated.Methods. A total of 4000 Norwegian citizens, were randomly drawn from the National Register, by Statistics Norway and were mailed a questionnaire.Results. The response rate was 48.5%. The majority of the sample was female (51%), married (59%), and working for pay (69%) with a mean age of 45.2 years. The prevalence of chronic pain in the total sample was 24.4%, and 65% of the participants with chronic pain indicated that they had experienced chronic pain for over 5 years. The cause of the pain was not specified by 57% of the participants in chronic pain, and 31% reported no pain treatments. Women, older individuals, persons with less education, and those who were pensioned, reported chronic pain more frequently. The results of a logistic regression analysis indicate that the variables that provide unique contributions to predicting pain group memberships were: gender, education, being frequently ill, or having a chronic illness.Conclusions. These findings suggest that chronic pain is a significant problem in the general Norwegian population, and that gender, education, being frequently ill, or having a chronic illness are important variables in predicting pain group membership. (C) 2004 European Federation of Chapters of the International Association for the Study of Pain. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.