Musculoskeletal Pain, Insomnia and Health-Related Quality of Life: Associations in the Middle-Aged General Population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Musculoskeletal (MSK) pain and insomnia are interrelated and individually linked to reduced health-related quality of life (HRQoL). This study aimed to enlighten the association of concurrent disabling MSK pain and insomnia with HRQoL among middle-aged individuals.

Methods

Members of the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 were surveyed at age 46 years (analytic sample N = 4 130, 56.7% women). Validated Athens insomnia scale was used to determine insomnia status and HRQoL was assessed with the 15D (15-dimensional) questionnaire. Associations between different combinations of disabling MSK pain and insomnia (concurrent, isolated, absent) with HRQoL were analysed using general linear regression, adjusting for sex, smoking, educational level, physical activity and coe

SUBMITTER: Korpela T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12767138 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature