Table 1 Percentages of problems in five dimensions and EQ-5D scores in the questionnaire survey on musculoskeletal pain

All

  Number of subjects

1835

585

151

1052

470

100

  Percentages of problems^a

    Mobility

0.7

3.4

8.6***

1.0

5.4

8.0***

    Self-care

0.1

0.0

2.0***

0.2

0.5

1.0

    Usual activities

0.5

2.1

4.6***

0.5

4.1

13.0***

    Pain/discomfort

3.6

35.0

48.3***

7.2

49.7

67.0***

    Anxiety/depression

6.5

9.7

9.9*

10.4

18.4

20.0***

    EQ-5D score (mean ± SD)

0.91 ± 0.04

0.86 ± 0.09

0.82 ± 0.16***

0.90 ± 0.06

0.83 ± 0.14

0.78 ± 0.15***

20–39

  Number of subjects

391

102

24

307

104

16

  Percentages of problems^a

    Mobility

0.5

1.0

4.2

0.3

0.0

0.0

    Self-care

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.3

0.0

0.0

    Usual activities

1.3

2.0

4.2

0.3

2.3

6.3*

    Pain/discomfort

4.6

28.4

37.5***

6.2

44.3

43.8***

    Anxiety/depression

7.9

11.8

8.3

13.4

28.4

18.8**

    EQ-5D score (mean ± SD)

0.90 ± 0.06

0.87 ± 0.09

0.84 ± 0.14***

0.90 ± 0.04

0.83 ± 0.12

0.82 ± 0.18***

40–59

  Number of subjects

1253

408

109

643

309

72

  Percentages of problems^a

    Mobility

0.5

3.7

6.4***

0.9

5.5

8.3***

    Self-care

0.0

0.0

0.9***

0.2

0.0

1.4

    Usual activities

0.4

1.7

2.8**

0.6

3.8

9.7***

    Pain/discomfort

3.4

37.7

45.9***

7.3

51.5

68.1***

    Anxiety/depression

6.3

9.6

10.1*

9.6

15.6

20.8**

    EQ-5D score (mean ± SD)

0.91 ± 0.04

0.86 ± 0.10

0.83 ± 0.14***

0.90 ± 0.06

0.83 ± 0.11

0.78 ± 0.16***

60+

  Number of subjects

191

75

18

102

57

12

  Percentages of problems^a

    Mobility

2.1

5.3

27.8***

3.9

15.6

16.7*

    Self-care

0.0

0.0

11.0***

0.0

4.4

0.0

    Usual activities

0.0

4.0

16.7***

0.0

8.9

41.7***

    Pain/discomfort

3.1

29.3

77.8***

9.8

51.1

91.7***

    Anxiety/depression

4.7

8.0

11.1

5.9

13.3

16.7

    EQ-5D score (mean ± SD)

0.91 ± 0.03

0.87 ± 0.07

0.69 ± 0.24***

0.90 ± 0.07

0.79 ± 0.25

0.77 ± 0.07***