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Campbell, P, Jordan, KP, Smith, BH and Dunn, KM (2017) Chronic pain in families: a cross-sectional study of shared social, behavioural, and environmental influences. Pain, 159 (1). pp. 41-47. ISSN 0304-3959
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Abstract
Chronic pain is common and creates a significant burden to the individual and society. Emerging research has shown the influence of the family environment on pain outcomes. However, it is not clear what shared factors between family members associate with chronic pain. This study aimed to investigate the family-level contribution to an individual's chronic pain status. This was a cross-sectional study using the Generation Scotland: Scottish Family Health Study data set. This study focused on a nested cohort of dyads (only 2 relatives per family, n = 2714). Multi-level modelling was first performed to estimate the extent of variance in chronic pain at the family level. Then each member of the dyad was randomly assigned as either the exposure or outcome family member, and logistic regression was used to identify shared factors associated with the outcome of chronic pain status. Multi-level modelling showed just under 10% of variation in chronic pain status was at a family level. There was an increase in odds of chronic pain if exposure family member had chronic pain (odds ratio [OR]: 1.30, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.02-1.65), if both were women (OR: 1.39, 95% CI: 0.99-1.94), if both were older in age (OR: 1.80, 95% CI: 1.31-2.48), and if both had low household income (OR: 3.27, 95% CI: 1.72-6.21). These findings show that most explanation for chronic pain is still at the individual level. However, some significant shared effects between family members associate with chronic pain, and this highlights the influence of the family context.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | This is the accepted author manuscript (AAM). The final published version (version of record) is available online via Wolters Kluwer at http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001062 - please refer to any applicable terms of use of the publisher. |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | pain, psychology, medicine |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Primary Care Health Sciences |
Depositing User: | Symplectic |
Date Deposited: | 25 Sep 2017 08:22 |
Last Modified: | 21 Sep 2018 01:30 |
URI: | https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/4046 |