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Table 4 Demographic and clinical predictors of unemployment

From: Untying chronic pain: prevalence and societal burden of chronic pain stages in the general population - a cross-sectional survey

 

Working full-or >15 h/week (Referent)

Unemployed

Crude OR (95% CI) p-value

Adjusted OR* (95% CI) p-value

Gender N (%)

    

 Female

608 (48.3)

64 (45.1)

Referent

0.89 (0.62-1.29) 0.54

 Male

651 (51.7)

78 (54.9)

1.14 (0.80-1.61) 0.47

Referent

Age (years) Mean (SD)

43.44 (11.60)

43.44 (12.35)

1.00 (0.99-1.02) 0.99

0.98 (0.97-1.00) 0.94

Education N (%)

    

 High school or higher

282 (22.5)

11 (7.7)

Referent

Referent

 Primary or secondary school

974 (77.5)

161 (92.3)

3.45 (1.84-6.47) <0.0001

3.27 (1.70-6.29) <0.0001

Pain grade N (%)

    

 No pain

1024 (82.2)

94 (68.6)

Referent

Referent

 Non disabling pain

179 (14.4)

21 (15.3)

1.28 (0.78-2.11) 0.34

0.87 (0.5-1.5) 0.60

 Disabling pain

43 (3.5)

22 (16.1)

5.57 (3.20-9.71) <0.0001

3.30 (1.76-6.21) <0.0001

Disease load (Number of diseases with drug treatment) Mean (SD)

0.37 (0.77)

1.06 (1.44)

1.80 (1.54-2.09) <0.0001

1.70 (1.41-2.05) <0.0001

  1. *Adjusted for all other presented variables; Significant Odds ratios (OR) are marked as bold.