Socioeconomic and sex inequalities in chronic pain: A population-based cross-sectional study

Ana Maria Braga de Oliveira, Doralice Severo da Cruz Teixeira, Fabrício dos Santos Menezes, Amélia Pasqual Marques, Yeda Aparecida de Oliveira Duarte and Raquel Aparecida Casarotto

PLOS ONE, 2023, vol. 18, issue 5, 1-14

Abstract: Objective: We investigated the impact of socioeconomic inequalities on chronic pain of older adults according to sex. Materials and methods: This population-based cross-sectional study used survey data from the 2015 cohort of the SABE Study (Saúde, Bem-estar e Envelhecimento), Brazil. Socioeconomic status was examined at individual level (educational attainment, financial independence, and race/skin color) and contextual level (Human Development Index). We analyzed the association between variables using the chi-square test and the Rao & Scott correction. Logistic regression models were adjusted for risk factors. Results: The study comprised 1,207 older adults representing 1,365,514 residents 60≥ years of age in the city of São Paulo. Chronic pain was more frequent in females (27.2%) than in males (14.5%) (p

Date: 2023
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