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Table 7 Adjusted mean (95 % CI) difference between pain site groups with corresponding effect size

From: Perceived stress and musculoskeletal pain are prevalent and significantly associated in adolescents: an epidemiological cross-sectional study

Pain site groups

Adjusted mean difference between groupsa (95 % CI) [effect size]

  

Tension

Joy

Demands

Pain intensity (VAS)

Head

Neck and shoulder

0.20 (−0.80–1.19) [0.1]

0.64 (−0.48–1.74) [0.3]

0.68 (−0.52–1.88) [0.3]

0.40 (−0.79–1.60) [0.2]

 

Back

−0.05 (−1.1–1.0) [−0.0]

0.60 (−0.58–1.78) [0.3]

0.13 (−1.15–1.41) [0.1]

0.09 (−1.18–1.35) [0.0]

 

Extremities

0.60 (−0.29–1.48) [0.3]

0.87 (−0.12–1.86) [0.5]

0.86 (−0.22–1.93) [0.4]

0.71 (−0.35–1.77) [0.3]

Neck, shoulder

Back

−0.25 (−1.42–0.91) [−0.1]

−0.03 (−1.34–1.27) [−0.0]

−0.55 (−1.97–0.86) [−0.3]

−0.32 (−1.73–1.09) [−0.1]

 

Extremities

0.40 (−0.63–1.43) [0.2]

0.23 (−0.92–1.39) [0.1]

0.17 (−1.07–1.43) [0.1]

0.31 (−0.94–1.55) [0.1]

Back

Extremities

0.65 (−0.42–1.73) [0.4]

0.27 (−0.94–1.47) [0.1]

0.73 (−0.58–2.04) [0.4]

0.63 (−0.67–1.92) [0.3]

  1. No statistical significant mean differences between groups
  2. CI Confidence interval
  3. aThe mean differences between groups were adjusted for gender and BMI