Different predictors of pain severity across age and gender of a Chinese rural population: a cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate a 4-week period of pain prevalence and the risk factors of experiencing pain among a rural Chinese population sample. To explore the psychosocial and health condition predictors of pain severity and the interactions of age and gender with these factors in real-life situations among the general adult population in China.

Methods

Data were collected from a random multistage sample of 2052 participants (response rate=95%) in the rural areas of Liuyang, China. Visual analogue scale was used to assess participants' pain experienced and a series of internationally validated instruments to assess their sociodemographic characteristics, self-reported health status, depression symptoms, anxiety symptoms, sleep quality, self-efficacy and perceived stress.

SUBMITTER: Liu XK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6082477 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature