From: The epidemiology of chronic pain in Libya: a cross-sectional telephone survey
 | N (%) *Reference group | No Pain | Pain | Prevalence of chronic Pain % (95 % CI) | Crude OR (95 % CI) | P | Adjusted OR (95 % CI) | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | ||||||||
 Male | 550 (45 · 4)* | 472 | 78 | 14 (11 · 1–16 · 9) |  |  |  |  |
 Female | 662 (54 · 6) | 502 | 160 | 24 (20 · 7–27 · 2) | 1 · 9 (1 · 4–2 · 6) | <0 · 001 | 1 · 9 (1 · 4–2 · 7) | 0 · 000 |
Age(years) | ||||||||
 ≤ 30 | 431 (35 · 6)* | 384 | 47 | 10 · 9 (8 · 0–13 · 8) |  |  |  |  |
 31–40 | 373 (30 · 8) | 329 | 44 | 11 · 8 (8 · 5–15 · 1) | 1 · 1 (0 · 7–1 · 7) | 0 · 691 | 0 · 9 (0 · 6–1 · 5) | 0 · 706 |
 41–50 | 183 (15 · 1) | 125 | 58 | 31 · 7 (25 · 0–38 · 4) | 3 · 8 (2 · 4–5 · 8) | <0 · 001 | 3 · 3 (2 · 1–4 · 5) | 0 · 000 |
 51–60 | 149 (12 · 3) | 86 | 63 | 42 · 3 (34 · 4–50 · 2) | 6 · 0 (3 · 8–9 · 3) | <0 · 001 | 5 · 1 (3 · 1–8 · 4) | 0 · 000 |
 61–70 | 61 (5 · 0) | 47 | 14 | 22 · 9 (12 · 4–33 · 4) | 2 · 4 (1 · 2–4 · 7) | 0 · 009 | 2 · 4 (1 · 1–5 · 0) | 0 · 021 |
 ≥ 71 | 15 (1 · 2) | 3 | 12 | 80 · 0 (59 · 8–100 · 0) | 32 · 6 (8 · 9–120 · 0) | <0 · 001 | 69 · 0 (14 · 0–339 · 9) | 0 · 000 |
Marital status | ||||||||
 Single | 450 (37 · 1)* | 397 | 53 | 11 · 8 (8 · 8–14 · 8) |  |  |  |  |
 Married | 669 (55 · 2) | 523 | 176 | 26 · 3 (23 · 0–29 · 6) | 2 · 5 (1 · 8–3 · 5) | <0 · 001 | 1 · 3 (0 · 9–2 · 1) | 0 · 173 |
 Divorced | 36 (3 · 0) | 31 | 5 | 13 · 9 (2 · 6–25 · 2) | 1 · 2 (0 · 4–3 · 2) | 0 · 707 | 0 · 5 (0 · 2–1 · 5) | 0 · 214 |
 Widowed | 57 (4 · 7) | 53 | 4 | 7 · 2 (0 · 5–13 · 9) | 0 · 6 (0 · 19–1 · 6) | 0 · 290 | 0 · 1 (0 · 0–0 · 4) | 0 · 002 |
Employment status | ||||||||
 Employed full-time | 296 (24 · 4)* | 250 | 46 | 15 · 5 (11 · 4–19 · 6) |  |  |  |  |
 Employed part-time | 322 (26 · 6) | 275 | 47 | 14 · 6 (10 · 7–18 · 5) | 0 · 9 (0 · 6–1 · 4) | 0 · 743 | 1 · 2 (0 · 8–2 · 0) | 0 · 407 |
 Retired | 78 (6 · 4) | 53 | 25 | 32 · 1 (21 · 7–42 · 5) | 2 · 6 (1 · 4–4 · 5) | 0 · 001 | 1 · 2 (0 · 6–2 · 3) | 0 · 603 |
 Not employed | 317 (26 · 2) | 216 | 101 | 31 · 9 (26 · 8–37 · 1) | 2 · 5 (1 · 7–3 · 8) | <0 · 001 | 2 · 3 (1 · 4–3 · 5) | 0 · 000 |
 Student | 144 (11 · 9) | 127 | 17 | 11 · 8 (6 · 5–17 · 1) | 0 · 7 (0 · 4–1 · 3) | 0 · 029 | 1 · 1 (0 · 5–2 · 2) | 0 · 817 |
 Temporary out of work | 55 (4 · 6) | 53 | 2 | 3 · 6 (1 · 3–8 · 5) | 0 · 2 (0 · 0–0 · 9) | 0 · 032 | 0 · 2 (0 · 0–1 · 1) | 0 · 063 |
 Total | 1212 | 974 | 238 | 19 · 6 (14 · 6–24 · 6) |  |  |  |  |