Living with disabling chronic pain: results from a face-to-face cross-sectional population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To estimate the prevalence of disabling chronic pain (DCP) in Spanish adults, to analyse its characteristics, to determine its multimorbidity and to identify its associated factors.

Settings

2011 Andalusian Health Survey, a cross-sectional population survey based on face-to-face home interviews.

Participants

6507 people aged 16 years or older and living in Andalusia, Spain.

Outcomes

The response variable was disabling chronic pain. Multivariate multinomial logistic regression models were used to analyse the association of factors with disabling chronic pain. The sample design was considered throughout the statistical analysis.

Results

The prevalence of disabling chronic pain in the Spanish adult population was 11.36% (95% CI 11.23 to 11.49), w

SUBMITTER: Cabrera-Leon A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6252717 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature