Prevalence and associated factors of disability in patients with chronic pain: An observational study

Aki Fujiwara, Mitsuru Ida, Keisuke Watanabe, Hideaki Kawanishi, Katsuhiro Kimoto, Kie Yoshimura, Kozue Shinohara, Masahiko Kawaguchi, Aki Fujiwara, Mitsuru Ida, Keisuke Watanabe, Hideaki Kawanishi, Katsuhiro Kimoto, Kie Yoshimura, Kozue Shinohara, Masahiko Kawaguchi

Abstract

The primary treatment goal of patients experiencing chronic pain has shifted from pain reduction to functional status improvement. However, the prevalence of disability and its associated factors in patients with chronic pain remain unknown.Individuals aged ≥50 years who visited the Pain Center at Nara Medical University with chronic pain from June 2019 to May 2020 were eligible for enrollment. Patients were asked to complete the Japanese version of the 12-item World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0. Patient demographics, pain intensity, level of catastrophizing, anxiety, depression, and exercise habits were assessed. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to identify the factors associated with disability.Of the 551 patients with a median age of 73 years, 51.5% experienced disability. Fixed factors such as age (odds ratio [OR], 1.03; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.01-1.06, P = .002) and lumbar and lower limb pain (OR, 3.10; 95% CI, 1.83-5.24, P < .001) and some modifiable factors, including anxiety (OR, 2.06; 95% CI, 1.06-3.98, P = .03), depression (OR, 3.62; 95% CI, 1.92-6.82, P < .001), pain catastrophizer (OR, 2.94; 95% CI, 1.88-4.61, P < .001), numeric rating scale at the most painful site (OR, 1.29; 95% CI, 1.18-1.42, P < .001), exercise habits (walking (OR, 0.52; 95% CI, 0.33-0.83, P = .006) and working out (OR, 0.58; 95% CI, 0.34-0.99, P = .046), were found to be independently associated with disability.This cross-sectional study revealed a high prevalence of disability in patients with chronic pain and identified the factors associated with disability.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

Copyright © 2021 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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