Abstract
PREVALENCE OF MULTIPLE RECURRENT PAIN AMONG ADOLESCENTS: EVIDENCE FROM 42 COUNTRIES
I. Gobina1, J. Villberg2, J. Tynjälä2, R. Välimaa2, R.D. Whitehead3, A. Villerusa1
1Riga Stradins University, Public Health and Epidemiology, Riga, Latvia
2University of Jyväskylä, Department of Health Sciences, Jyväskylä, Finland
3University of St Andrews, School of Medicine- Child and Adolescent Health Research Unit, St Andrews, United Kingdom
Background and aims: We studied the prevalence of recurrent multiple pain and the pain combination by age and gender by evaluating the country-level variation of multiple pain using international data.
Methods: Data (n = 214 283) on 42 countries and regions from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study were used, including representative samples of 11-, 13- and 15-year-olds from general schools in participating countries. Pains (headache, stomachache, backache) occurring weekly during the last six months were classified as ‘recurrent’ and pain reported at least in two sites as ‘multiple’.
Results: A total of 20.6% of adolescents had multiple recurrent pain varying from 13.2% in Armenia to 33.8% in Israel; of those, a total of 35.5% had pain in all three pain sites, 30.6% - had the combination of headaches and stomach-ache, 23.8% - headache and backache but 10.1% - stomach-ache and backache. The log-linear analysis showed significant associations between any two pain types.
Conclusions: There is a huge country variation in multiple pain among adolescents, which can't be explained by the differences in the study methodology. In research and clinical practice, boys with recurrent pain may call for special attention.
I. Gobina1, J. Villberg2, J. Tynjälä2, R. Välimaa2, R.D. Whitehead3, A. Villerusa1
1Riga Stradins University, Public Health and Epidemiology, Riga, Latvia
2University of Jyväskylä, Department of Health Sciences, Jyväskylä, Finland
3University of St Andrews, School of Medicine- Child and Adolescent Health Research Unit, St Andrews, United Kingdom
Background and aims: We studied the prevalence of recurrent multiple pain and the pain combination by age and gender by evaluating the country-level variation of multiple pain using international data.
Methods: Data (n = 214 283) on 42 countries and regions from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study were used, including representative samples of 11-, 13- and 15-year-olds from general schools in participating countries. Pains (headache, stomachache, backache) occurring weekly during the last six months were classified as ‘recurrent’ and pain reported at least in two sites as ‘multiple’.
Results: A total of 20.6% of adolescents had multiple recurrent pain varying from 13.2% in Armenia to 33.8% in Israel; of those, a total of 35.5% had pain in all three pain sites, 30.6% - had the combination of headaches and stomach-ache, 23.8% - headache and backache but 10.1% - stomach-ache and backache. The log-linear analysis showed significant associations between any two pain types.
Conclusions: There is a huge country variation in multiple pain among adolescents, which can't be explained by the differences in the study methodology. In research and clinical practice, boys with recurrent pain may call for special attention.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | eP47: Abstract: 153 |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
| Event | 10th Congress of the European Pain Federation EFIC - Copenhagen, Denmark Duration: 6 Sept 2017 → 9 Sept 2017 Conference number: 10 https://efic2017.kenes.com/ |
Congress
| Congress | 10th Congress of the European Pain Federation EFIC |
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| Abbreviated title | EFIC2017 |
| Country/Territory | Denmark |
| City | Copenhagen |
| Period | 6/09/17 → 9/09/17 |
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Field of Science*
- 3.3 Health sciences
Publication Type*
- 3.4. Other publications in conference proceedings (including local)
