Skip to main content

Table 5 The relation between pain duration and the health outcomes, when neck pain was present

From: Simple neck pain questions used in surveys, evaluated in relation to health outcomes: a cohort study

Duration

1-7 days

8-90 days

91-365 days

>365 days

p-value Type III test

 

Proportion (95% CI)

Proportion (95% CI)

Proportion (95% CI)

Proportion (95% CI)

 

Very good health

13

6

6

8

a

 

(8.1; 21.2)

(2.9; 11.5)

(2.5; 12.1)

(4.2; 13.7)

 

Decreased general performance

13

30

30

30

a

 

(8.9; 19.0)

(22.5; 39.7)

(21.4; 40.6)

(22.2; 38.8)

 
 

Mean

Mean

Mean

Mean

p - value Type III test

 

( 95 % CI )

( 95 % CI )

( 95 % CI )

( 95 % CI )

 

Sleep disturbance score

4.5

4.7

4.8

5.1

0.007

 

(4.31; 4.76)

(4.44; 4.94)

(4.54; 5.11)

(4.83; 5.31)

 

Stress score b

3.7

3.8

3.8

3.7

0.640

 

(3.56; 3.82)

(3.65; 3.95)

(3.60; 3.93)

(3.59; 3.87)

 

Energy score b

3.9

4.0

3.9

3.8

0.302

 

(3.84; 4.04)

(3.85; 4.08)

(3.76; 4.02)

(3.73; 3.94)

 
  1. For details of regression analysis see Additional file 1: Appendix.
  2. a No type-III test is available in Proc nlmixed, but according to p-values in the Additional file 1: Appendix pain duration was statistically significant in this model. b Adjusted for gender.
  3. Nsubj = 480–482, Nobs = 794–935.