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Title: | "I'm healthy, I don't have pain"-health screening participation and its association with chronic pain in a low socioeconomic status Singaporean population | Authors: | Wee, Liang En Sin, David Cher, Wen Qi Li, Zong Chen Tsang, Tammy Shibli, Sabina Koh, Gerald |
Keywords: | Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Clinical Neurology Neurosciences & Neurology Asian Chronic pain Health screening Low-income Mixed methods Qualitative MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN OLDER-ADULTS PREVALENCE COMMUNITY CARE INEQUALITIES DISORDERS SEVERITY POSITION BEHAVIOR |
Issue Date: | 1-Jan-2017 | Publisher: | KOREAN PAIN SOC | Citation: | Wee, Liang En, Sin, David, Cher, Wen Qi, Li, Zong Chen, Tsang, Tammy, Shibli, Sabina, Koh, Gerald (2017-01-01). "I'm healthy, I don't have pain"-health screening participation and its association with chronic pain in a low socioeconomic status Singaporean population. KOREAN JOURNAL OF PAIN 30 (1) : 34-43. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.3344/kjp.2017.30.1.34 | Abstract: | Background: We sought to determine the association between chronic pain and participating in routine health screening in a low socioeconomic-status (SES) rental-flat community in Singapore. In Singapore, ≥ 85% own homes; public rental flats are reserved for those with low-income. Methods: Chronic pain was defined as pain ≥ 3 months. From 2009-2014, residents aged 40-60 years in five public rental-flat enclaves were surveyed for chronic pain; participation in health screening was also measured. We compared them to residents staying in adjacent owner-occupied public housing. We also conducted a qualitative study to better understand the relationship between chronic pain and health screening participation amongst residents in these low-SES enclaves. Results: In the rental-flat population, chronic pain was associated with higher participation in screening for diabetes (aOR = 2.11, CI = 1.36-3.27, P < 0.001), dyslipidemia (aOR = 2.06, CI = 1.25-3.39, P = 0.005), colorectal cancer (aOR = 2.28, CI = 1.18-4.40, P = 0.014), cervical cancer (aOR = 2.65, CI = 1.34-5.23, P = 0.005) and breast cancer (aOR = 3.52, CI = 1.94-6.41, P < 0.001); this association was not present in the owner-occupied population. Three main themes emerged from our qualitative analysis of the link between chronic pain and screening participation: pain as an association of "major illness"; screening as a search for answers to pain; and labelling pain as an end in itself. Conclusions: Chronic pain was associated with higher cardiovascular and cancer screening participation in the low-SES population. In low-SES populations with limited access to pain management services, chronic pain issues may surface during routine health screening. | Source Title: | KOREAN JOURNAL OF PAIN | URI: | https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/228111 | ISSN: | 2005-9159 2093-0569 |
DOI: | 10.3344/kjp.2017.30.1.34 |
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