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Table 4 Odds ratios of career change due to depression or injury by pain characteristics and frequency

From: Survivors of war in northern Kosovo (III): The role of anger and hatred in pain and PTSD and their interactive effects on career outcome, quality of sleep and suicide ideation

Had changed jobs or stopped job or stopped schooling due to depression or injury

 

N (no/yes)

Unadjusted OR (95% CI) P value

Multiply adjusted for confounders*

Pain frequency in last 2 weeks

   

Periodic and occasional

46/12

1.00

1.00

Consistent

34/15

1.69 (0.70, 4.07)

1.74 (0.60, 5.01)

 

P = 0.24

P = 0.31

Sensory component of pain**

92/29

2.00 (1.20, 3.33)

2.27 (1.17, 4.42)

 

P < 0.01

P < 0.05

Affective component of pain**

89/28

1.70 (1.05, 2.75)

1.84 (1.05, 3.23)

 

P < 0.05

P < 0.05

Pain rating index**

89/28

2.06 (1.21, 3.49)

2.44 (1.25, 4.76)

 

P < 0.01

P < 0.01

  1. * Adjusted for sex, marital status, education, income, municipality and medication.
  2. **Associations with pain scores are presented as the change in odds associated with a 1 SD change in pain score to allow comparison between pain scores if needed.