ArticleRevista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology2025
Life satisfaction and chronic musculoskeletal pain at the baseline of ELSA-Brasil MSK.
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objectiveThe aim of this study was to investigate the association between life satisfaction and the presence and severity of chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP).
methodsIn this cross-sectional study, a total of 2,756 participants (mean age: 55.8 years, standard deviation [SD]=8.9 years) at the baseline of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health Musculoskeletal cohort (2012-2014) completed the Satisfaction with Life Scale and were assessed for CMP (duration>6 months) at neck, shoulders, upper back, elbows, lower back, wrists/hands, hips/thighs, knees, and ankles/feet. CMP phenotypes were identified based on measures that considered pain-related disability (non-disabling/disabling), pain demand for a healthcare professional (non-troublesome/troublesome), and body pain spreading according to the number of sites (0, 1-2, and ≥3, multisite) and the number of regions (upper limbs, lower limbs, and axial skeleton) affected (0, 1-2, 3, generalized). The association of life satisfaction with CMP and each CMP phenotype was investigated by binomial and multinomial logistic regression analyses adjusted for sociodemographic lifestyle and clinical confounders.
resultsGreater life satisfaction was associated with lower chances of CMP (odds ratio [OR]=0.95; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.94-0.97), as well as across all CMP phenotypes. The strength of this association was slightly greater for disabling CMP (OR=0.94; 95%CI 0.92-0.96) compared to non-disabling CMP (OR=0.97; 95%CI 0.95-0.99), and for troublesome CMP (OR=0.96; 95%CI 0.94-0.97) compared to non-troublesome CMP (OR=0.94; 95%CI 0.94-0.98). This association also held true when considering individuals experiencing multisite pain (OR=0.93; 95%CI 0.91-0.95) compared to those with pain at 1-2 sites (OR=0.97; 95%CI 0.95-0.99), and considering generalized pain (OR=0.93; 95%CI 0.90-0.96) compared to pain in 1-2 regions (OR=0.96; 95%CI 0.95-0.98).
conclusionGreater life satisfaction seems to decrease the chances of experiencing any, and especially more severe, CMP.
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