ArticleBMJ open2019
Lifetime socioeconomic circumstances and chronic pain in later adulthood: findings from a British birth cohort study.
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- Trickle-down healthcare in paediatric chronic pain.British journal of anaesthesia · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo investigate associations between a range of different indicators of socioeconomic position (SEP: occupational class, education, household overcrowding and tenure, and experience of financial hardship) across life and chronic widespread and regional pain (CWP and CRP) at age 68.
designProspective birth cohort; the Medical Research Council National Survey of Health and Development.
settingEngland, Scotland and Wales.
participantsUp to 2378 men and women who have been followed-up since birth in 1946 to age 68. PRIMARY OUTCOME MEASURES: On the basis of their self-report of pain at age 68, participants were classified as: CWP (American College of Rheumatology criteria), CRP (pain of at least 3 months' duration but that does not meet the definition of CWP), other pain (<3 months in duration) or no pain.
resultsAt age 68, the prevalence of CWP was 13.3% and 7.8% in women and men, respectively, and that of CRP was 32.3% and 28.7% in women and men, respectively. There was no clear evidence that indicators of SEP in childhood or later adulthood were associated with pain. Having experienced (vs not) financial hardship and being a tenant (vs owner-occupier) in earlier adulthood were both associated with an increased risk of CWP; for example, moderate hardship adjusted relative risk ratio (RRR
conclusionsConsideration of socioeconomic factors in earlier adulthood may be important when identifying targets for intervention to prevent CWP in later life.
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