title: [Prevalence of chronic pain in adult workers].
abstract: Chronic pain is a public health problem which causes personal and social losses. There are few epidemiological studies of chronic pain in Brazil and elsewhere in the world, especially those dealing with non-specific pain, in general population. The objectives of this study were: to identify the prevalence of chronic pain in adult workers; to analyze the prevalence of chronic pain according to gender, and local of pain. The sample was 505 workers at Londrina State University (Paraná, Brazil) (estimated prevalence = 50%, 4% error, and confidence interval = 95%). Data were collected by interviews. The prevalence of chronic pain was 61.4%; and it was significantly higher among women (p = 0.0001). The most prevalent locals of pain were: head (26.7%), lower back (19.4%) and limbs (13.3%).
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem da USP.
authors.forename: Maria Clara Giorio Dutra
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Kreling
authors.forename: Diná Almeira Lopes Monteiro
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: da Cruz
authors.forename: Cibele Andrucioli de Mattos
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Pimenta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010146:Pain / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence