Prevalence of chronic pain in a metropolitan area of a developing country: a population-based study

Karine A S Leão Ferreira; Telma Regina P D Bastos; Daniel Ciampi de Andrade; Aline Medeiros Silva; José Carlos Appolinario; Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira; Maria do Rosário Dias de Oliveira Latorre

doi:10.1590/0004-282X20160156

Prevalence of chronic pain in a metropolitan area of a developing country: a population-based study

Karine A S Leão Ferreira, Telma Regina P D Bastos, Daniel Ciampi de Andrade, Aline Medeiros Silva, José Carlos Appolinario, Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira, Maria do Rosário Dias de Oliveira Latorre

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Abstract

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of chronic pain (CP) in the adult population living in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, and to identify factors associated with CP in developing countries.

Methods: A cross-sectional study using a computer-assisted telephone interview in a two-stage stratified sample of adults living in households.

Results: 2,446 subjects were interviewed. The mean age was 39.8 years old. The majority was female and 42.7% had less than 10 years of education. The prevalence of CP was 28.1%. The independent factors associated with CP were female gender (OR = 2.0; p < 0.001), age older than 65 years (OR = 1.4; p = 0.019) and less than 15 years of education (OR = 1.3-1.6; p < 0.04).

Conclusions: The prevalence of CP was high and similar to that which has been reported in developed countries. These results raise awareness about CP and may potentially help clinicians and policy makers to design better health care programs for CP treatment in these populations.

Original language	English
Journal	Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
Volume	74
Issue number	12
Pages (from-to)	990-998
Number of pages	9
ISSN	0004-282X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1590/0004-282X20160156
Publication status	Published - Dec 2016
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Brazil/epidemiology
Chronic Pain/epidemiology
Computers
Cross-Sectional Studies
Developing Countries
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Population Surveillance
Prevalence
Socioeconomic Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
Telephone
Urban Population/statistics & numerical data
Young Adult

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