Association between chronic pain and attrition: a prospective analysis of a national sample of midlife adults in the USA, 2004-2014.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health conditions of participants can significantly affect longitudinal drop-out in population-based epidemiological surveys, yet few studies have examined the association between chronic pain (CP) and follow-up attrition.

Methods

The Midlife in the United States study (MIDUS) was used to explore the longitudinal association between CP and survey attrition. CP was assessed by three measures: the presence of CP, CP interference and the number of pain sites at MIDUS 2. The types of sample attrition at MIDUS 3 encompassed several categories: complete, refusal to participate, inability to participate due to physical or mental constraints, deceased, non-working numbers, participants consistently unavailable for interviews, global refusal or withdrew from the study and

SUBMITTER: Liang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11812813 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature