Psychological predictors of chronic pain in Al Kharj region, Saudi Arabia

被引：3

作者：

Al-Zahrani, Jamaan ^{[1
]}

Shubair, Mamdouh M. ^{[2
]}

Al-Ghamdi, Sameer ^{[1
]}

Aldossari, Khaled K. ^{[1
]}

Alsalamah, Majid ^{[3
]}

Al-Khateeb, Badr F. ^{[4
]}

Saeed, Abdulkarim ^{[5
]}

Alshahrani, Saeed ^{[5
]}

AlSuwaidan, Aseel Salem ^{[6
]}

Alrasheed, Abdullah A. ^{[7
]}

El-Metwally, Ashraf ^{[8
]}

机构：

[1] Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz Univ, Coll Med, Family & Community Med Dept, Al Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia

[2] Univ Northern British Columbia UNBC, Sch Hlth Sci, 3333 Univ Way, Prince George, BC V2N 4Z9, Canada

[3] King Saud Bin Abdu Aziz Hlth Sci KSAU HS, Coll Publ Hlth & Hlth Informat CPHHI, King Abdul Aziz Med City, Dept Emergency Med, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

[4] King Saud Bin Abdu Aziz Hlth Sci KSAU HS, Coll Publ Hlth & Hlth Informat CPHHI, King Abdul Aziz Med City, Dept Family Med, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

[5] King Saud bin Abdulaziz Univ Hlth Sci, Coll Med, Riyadh 14611, Saudi Arabia

[6] Minist Hlth, Hlth Programs Gen Dept, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

[7] King Saud Univ, Coll Med, Dept Family & Community Med, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

[8] King Saud Bin Abdulaziz Univ Hlth Sci, King Abdullah Int Med Res Ctr, Minist Natl Guard Hlth Affairs, Coll Publ Hlth & Hlth Informat, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

来源：

ANNALS OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRY | 2021年 / 20卷 / 01期

关键词：

General Health Questionnaire-12; Chronic pain; Psychological distress; Saudi Arabia; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES; MARITAL-STATUS; DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS; MENTAL-DISORDER; UNITED-STATES; PREVALENCE; ASSOCIATION; POPULATION; AGE;

D O I：

10.1186/s12991-021-00345-3

中图分类号：

R749 [精神病学];

学科分类号：

100205 ;

摘要：

Background: Psychological distress is one of the major determinants for the experience progression, and recovery of chronic pain. However, it is unclear whether physical pain in specific body sites could be predictive of psychological illness. In this study, we aim to investigate the link between chronic pain in specific anatomical sites and psychological distress represented in the General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12 items). Methods: A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted in Al Kharj region of Saudi Arabia. We included 1003 participants. Data were collected using the GHQ-12, and a subjective report on eight anatomical pain sites. Data analysis used statistical software SPSS version 26.0 for Windows statistical package. Results: Chronic musculoskeletal pain in the neck and head regions was significantly associated with higher psychological distress. Other sites (back, lower limb, chest, abdominal and upper limb pain) were not associated with psychological distress. In multiple regression analysis, chronic'general' pain was significantly associated with higher psychological distress (unstandardized Beta regression coefficient = 2.568; P < 0.0001). The patients with younger age were more likely to develop negative psychological disorders (unstandardized Beta = - 3.137; P= 0.038). Females were more likely to have higher psychological distress than males (unstandardized Beta =2.464, P=0.003). Single (not-married) people have a higher risk of psychological distress than married people (unstandardized Beta =2.518, P= 0.025). Also, job type/status whether being unemployed (not working) or'civilian' (civil servant/worker) was positively and significantly associated with an increased probability of psychological distress (unstandardized Beta =1.436, P= 0.019). Conclusion: Chronic 'general' pain was significantly associated with negative psychological disorders. The government of Saudi Arabia needs to focus on patients with chronic 'general' pain, females, young and unmarried individuals as potentially 'high-risk' population subgroups for adverse psychological disorders, and subsequent long-term complications.

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