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Table 1 Shoulder pain outcomes

From: Testing the association between shoulder pain prevalence and occupational, physical activity, and mental health factors in two generations of Australian adults

 

Gen1

Gen2

Shoulder pain

Reporting of pain for Gen1 participants was from a one-month time period. Shoulder pain data were collected for participants via the Orebro Musculoskeletal Pain Questionaire (OMPQ) at the Gen1-26year follow-up. Participants were asked “ Please indicate the sites below in which you have had pain in the last month”, with options including left shoulder or right shoulder.

Reporting of pain for Gen2 participants was from a single point in time (point prevalence). Shoulder pain data were collected for participants via musculoskeletal pain questions within the Gen2-23 year follow-up questionnaire. Participants were asked “Do you currently have any body pain?”. For positive responses, the follow-up question asked “Where do you have pain?”, with options including left shoulder or right shoulder.

  1. Shoulder pain outcomes were recoded to produce “any shoulder pain”, “unilateral shoulder pain”, and “bilateral shoulder pain” for both Gen1 and Gen2
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Chiropractic & Manual Therapies

ISSN: 2045-709X