Research Article

Impact of Neck and Shoulder Pain on Health-Related Quality of Life in a Middle-Aged Community-Living Population

Table 4

Risk factors for poor HRQOL in multivariate logistic regression analysis adjusted for age and gender.

VariablesOdds ratio95% confidence intervals

SF-36
Prevalence of NSP2.4511.441-4.171.001
SF-36
Prevalence of NSP2.0471.221-3.433.007
EQ-5D-5L
Prevalence of NSP1.7611.105-2.808.017

Only significant factors are shown. SF-36: 36-item short-form health survey; PCS: physical component summary; NSP: neck and shoulder pain; MCS; Mental Component Summary; EQ-5D-5L: EuroQol 5-dimension, 5-level version.