ArticleSchmerz (Berlin, Germany)2009
[Prevalence and predictors of pain in several body regions. Results of a representative German population survey].
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- The relation between the patient health questionnaire-15 and DSM somatic diagnoses.BMC psychiatry · 2016Article
- [Prevalence of disabling abdominal pain and menstrual cramp. Results from a representative survey of the general German population].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2014Article
- Fibromyalgia and breast cancer.International journal of clinical oncology · 2014Article
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- Reply to a letter from Ozgur Tanriverdi and Derya Kaskari regarding "Frequency of fibromyalgia syndrome in breast cancer patients".International journal of clinical oncology · 2014Article
- Frequency of child maltreatment in a representative sample of the German population.BMC public health · 2013Article
- [Mental disorders in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome: screening in centres of different medical specialties].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2013Article
- [Prevalence of chronic pain in Germany. A representative survey of the general population].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2013Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere are no data available from representative samples of the general German population on predictors of widespread pain (WP) and fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS).
methodsA cross-sectional survey of a representative sample of the German general population with persons over 14 years old was conducted based on face-to-face contact using standardised questionnaires. The number of pain sites and the presence of WP and FMS were assessed by the regional pain scale (RPS), somatic symptom intensity was measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-15), depressed mood by PHQ 9 and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) by the Short Form Health Survey (SF-12).
resultsOut of 4064 persons contacted, 2524 (62.1%) completed the study. The prevalence of CWP was 8.6% and of FMS 3.8%. The sex ratio for WP and FMS was 1:1. The variance of the number of pain sites was explained by older age, low social class index, high somatic symptom intensity, low depressed mood in 52.4% (p<0.001). Older age (OR 2.0, 95% CI 1.71; 2.36; <0.001), low social class index (OR 0.64; 95% CI 0.46; 0.91; p=0.01) and potential somatoform syndrome (OR 3.0; 95% CI 1.27; 7.15; p<0.001) predicted WP with a probability 94.4%. Older age (OR 1.39, 95% CI 1.19; 1.62, p <0.001), low social class index (OR 0.61, 95% CI .40, 0.93; p=0.02) and potential somatoform syndrome (OR 19.42; 95% CI 10.31; 36.61; p<0.001) predicted FMS with a probability 97.7%.
conclusionWP and FMS are components of a complex of high somatic symptom intensity, low social class index and older age.
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