Prevalence of chronic pain in LTCs and multimorbidity: A cross-sectional study using UK Biobank.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Chronic pain is often experienced alongside other long-term conditions (LTCs), yet our understanding of this, particularly in relation to multimorbidity (≥2 LTCs) is poor. We aimed to examine associations between the presence/extent of chronic pain with type/number of LTCs experienced.

Methods

We examined the relationship between number/type of LTCs (N = 45) in UK Biobank participants (n = 500,295) who self-reported chronic pain lasting ≥3 months in seven body sites or widespread. Relative risk ratios (RRR) for presence/extent of chronic pain sites were compared using logistic regression adjusted for sociodemographic (sex/age/socioeconomic status) and lifestyle factors (smoking/alcohol intake/BMI/physical activity).

Results

218,648 participants self-reporte

SUBMITTER: McQueenie R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8728767 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature