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Table 4 Predictors of pain interference at 3 and 12 months for patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain and co-morbid depression in the bivariate analysis

From: Short and long-term predictors of pain severity and interference in primary care patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain and depression

 

3 months

12 months

Baseline variables

β coefficient

95% CI

p

β coefficient

95% CI

p

Sociodemographic variables

      

Gender (male)

-0.115

-0.855 to 0.625

0.760

-0.371

-1.233 to 0.492

0.398

Age

-0.016

-0.044 to 0.011

0.247

-0.008

-0.038 to 0.023

0.623

Lives with partner

-0.507

-1.097 to 0.084

0.092

-0.212

-0.862 to 0.439

0.522

Currently working

-0.711

-1.419 to -0.003

0.049

-1.015

-1.797 to -0.233

0.011

Secondary or higher education

-0.382

-0.980 to 0.216

0.210

-0.010

-0.667 to 0.647

0.977

Brief Pain Inventory, intensity

0.589

0.445 to 0.733

< 0.001

0.448

0.285 to 0.612

< 0.001

Brief Pain Inventory, interference

0.540

0.434 to 0.645

< 0.001

0.406

0.281 to 0.532

< 0.001

Length of chronic pain ≥ 24 months

0.645

-0.121 to 1.410

0.099

1.415

0.568 to 2.262

0.001

Psychiatric comorbidity

      

Length of depressive episode ≥ 24 months

0.422

-0.148 to 0.992

0.146

0.347

-0.279 to 0.973

0.276

Severity of depression: HSCL-20 score 1

1.226

0.858 to 1.594

< 0.001

1.144

0.722 to 1.565

< 0.001

Anxiety disorders

1.217

0.551 to 1.882

< 0.001

1.177

0.453 to 1.900

0.002

Physical comorbidity: DUSOI score2

0.016

-0.008 to 0.039

0.195

0.003

-0.023 to 0.029

0.842

Survey of Pain Attitudes (SOPA) domains

      

Control

-0.642

-0.885 to -0.400

< 0.001

-0.311

-0.599 to -0.023

0.034

Harm

0.634

0.295 to 0.972

< 0.001

0.381

-0.004 to 0.766

0.052

Emotion

0.679

0.432 to 0.925

< 0.001

0.361

0.084 to 0.639

0.011

Disability

1.171

0.890 to 1.452

< 0.001

0.891

0.560 to 1.221

< 0.001

Medication

0.178

-0.113 to 0.469

0.230

0.368

0.055 to 0.681

0.021

Medical cure

-0.038

-0.315 to 0.238

0.786

-0.248

-0.547 to 0.051

0.103

Solicitude

0.333

0.138 to 0.529

0.001

0.270

0.054 to 0.486

0.014

Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) global score

0.079

0.061 to 0.097

< 0.001

0.049

0.027 to 0.071

< 0.001

Study arm (intervention)

-0.383

-0.946 to 0.180

0.182

-0.562

-1.181 to 0.057

0.075

  1. 1 Hopkins Symptom Checklist, 20 items; 2 Duke Severity of Illness Checklist