Associations between number of pain sites and sleep, sports participation, and quality of life: a cross-sectional survey of 1021 youth from the Midwestern United States

Musculoskeletal pain in youth is common but little is known about the influence of the number of pain sites on pain characteristics. The objective of this study was to compare pain characteristics, quality of life, sleep, sport participation between adolescents without pain, those with single site p...

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Published in:BMC pediatrics 2019-06, Vol.19 (1), p.201-201, Article 201
Main Authors: Bazett-Jones, David M, Rathleff, Michael S, Holden, Sinead
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Age
Child development
Children
Complaints
Cross-sectional studies
Demographic aspects
Email
EQ-5D
Health
Health aspects
High school students
Medical prognosis
Mental disorders
Mental health
Middle and junior high school students
Pain
Pain measurement
Participation
Population
Primary care
Quality of life
Questionnaires
School districts
Sleep
Systematic review
Teenagers
Youth
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Summary:Musculoskeletal pain in youth is common but little is known about the influence of the number of pain sites on pain characteristics. The objective of this study was to compare pain characteristics, quality of life, sleep, sport participation between adolescents without pain, those with single site pain, and those with multi-site pain and investigate the relationship between pain duration and number of pain sites. An online survey was sent via email to 7177 possible middle- and high-school students. The students completed a survey containing questions about their pain (including location, duration, intensity, frequency), health-related quality of life, sleep quantity and quality, and sports participation. Quantitative variables were analysed with one-way ANOVAs or t-tests and qualitative variables were analysed with Pearson Chi-squared tests. Relationships were investigated with a Pearson Correlation. Of the respondents (n = 1021), 52.9% reported no pain, 17.2% reported pain in a single-site, and 29.9% reported pain in multiple sites. Those with multi-site pain reported significantly lower quality of life than both pain-free youth (p 
ISSN:1471-2431
1471-2431
DOI:10.1186/s12887-019-1576-6