Number of musculoskeletal pain sites leads to increased long-term healthcare contacts and healthcare related costs - a Danish population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People with musculoskeletal pain seek more healthcare than the general population, however little is known about the long-term effect on healthcare use. The aim of this study was to examine the consequences of number of musculoskeletal pain sites on long-term care-seeking and healthcare-related costs and explore how health anxiety influences this relationship.

Methods

We conducted a Danish population-based longitudinal cohort study of 4883 participants combining self-reported survey data from 2008 with ten-year follow-up data from national health registers. Using a causal inference framework, we examined associations between number of pain sites (range 0-7)/level of health anxiety (high/low level) and face-to-face healthcare contacts/healthcare-related costs. Data

SUBMITTER: Mose S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8447684 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature