Determinants of health-related quality of life in older people with chronic musculoskeletal pain: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed to identify the significant physical, psychological, and social determinants associated with EuroQuol-5D (EQ-5D) among Chinese older people with chronic musculoskeletal pain, and to evaluate how these determinants affected the five dimensions of EQ-5D.

Method

This is a cross-sectional study. Data were collected through a cohort involving 946 community-dwelling older people aged ≥ 60 with chronic musculoskeletal pain in Hong Kong. Selected independent variables were categorized into physical, psychological, and social domains. Physical variables included age, sex, body mass index (BMI), pain severity score, number of pain regions, the most painful site, and the number of comorbidities. Psychological variables included depression level measured usin

SUBMITTER: Fong HP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10832201 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature