Table 3 Pain characteristics among primary health care patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) and associations with health-related quality of life: results from logistic regression analyses (n = 517)

Number of pain site ^g mean (SD)

3.5 (2.3)

 0–2

208 (40.2)

1.0

1.0

 3–5

214 (41.4)

2.5

1.7, 3.8

1.6

0.9, 2.7

 6–8

73 (14.1)

9.0

4.7, 17.3

2.0

0.7, 5.7

 9–12

21 (4.1)

12.1

3.4, 42.9

1.5

0.2, 10.9

 Head/neck/shoulder

87 (16.8)

4.4

2.6, 7.6

1.7

0.8, 3.7

 Chest/abdomen

176 (34.0)

4.5

1.3, 15.9

2.9

0.6, 13.8

 Elbow/hand

16 (3.1)

1.4

0.9, 2.0

 Upper back

134 (25.9)

2.0

1.4, 3.1

0.8

0.5, 1.5

 Lower back

235 (45.5)

2.1

1.5, 3.0

1.3

0.8, 2.1

 Hip/thigh/Knee/ankle/foot

39 (7.5)

3.1

1.5, 6.6

1.2

0.4, 4.4

 0–2 No to little pain

238 (46.0)

1.0

1.0

 3–5 Low to moderate

195 (37.7)

3.9

2.6, 5.8

0.9

0.6, 1.0

 6–8 Severe

73 (14.1)

8.5

4.5, 16.1

1.1

0.6, 13.4

 9–10 Very severe to worst pain ever experienced

3 (0.6)

4.6

0.4, 51.1

0.7

0.4, 36.3

Pain more than 6 months ^c

420 (81.2)

3.9

2.3, 6.4

1.3

0.7, 2.6

 General activity^d

3.0 (2.6)

1.5

1.4, 1.6

1.1

0.9, 1.3

 Mood^d

2.5 (2.6)

1.6

1.5, 1.8

1.3

1.1, 1.6

 Walking ability^d

1.6 (2.4)

1.4

1.2, 1.5

1.1

0.9, 1.2

 Normal working abillity ^b

2.7 (2.8)

1.5

1.3, 1.6

1.0

0.9, 1.2

 Relations with other people^b

1.7 (2.4)

1.6

1.4, 1.8

0.8

0.6, 0.9

 Sleep^e

2.9 (2.9)

1.5

1.4, 1.6

1.2

1.0, 1.3

 Enjoyment^e

2.4 (2.6)

1.7

1.5, 1.8

1.2

1.0, 1.5